[occi-wg] Votes: XML vs. JSON vs. TXT

[Marc-Elian Begin]

Hi,

I've tried to follow the thread.  And here's my 50 cents. 

I'm currently using restlet to build RESTFul web-services (very nice by 
the way) in Java.  In such a framework, generating the requested format 
based on the requests's 'Content-Type' attribute is trivial (as long as 
the transformation is available).  This means that my WS can talk 
(x)html when the user's a human (me), or XML or JSON or plain/text. 

So for me multi-format is mandatory... and looking at the community this 
group is made of, I think it's the only way forward.

 From similar discussions in other spheres... the real point (and 
someone else made that point already), is >>simplicity<<.

So XML's easy to transform.  JSON's easy to consume.  Text is simple...

So... my vote is... all of the above!  And as long as the format is 
aggressively simple... the mapping should be trivial!

Cheers,

Meb




Richard Davies wrote:
> I'd like to conduct a straw poll of members on this list.
>
> Tim Bray wrote:
>   
>> 4. Specific advice on multiple formats
>>
>> Don't do it. Pick one data format and stick with it.
>>     
>
> and that does make me question our (/my!) current proposal of multiple
> formats with automatic conversion.
>
>
> I'd like to conduct a poll of everyone on this list considering the 3 format
> options:
>
> - XML
> - JSON
> - TXT
>
> Please can people reply to this post casting a single vote for their most
> preferred of these three formats. I'll tabulate the responses. If there's a
> clear winner, we should probably go with it alone. If there's a split, then
> multiple format support as we're currently proposing may be the answer.
>
>
> I'm going to start the counts with the clearly stated opinions which I've
> seen to date (listed below). If I'm misrepresenting anyone, then please
> also reply and I'll change your vote in my count.
>
> XML: 3
> - Kristoffer Sheather http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000430.html
> - Sam Johnston http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000381.html
> - William Vambenepe http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000396.html
>
> JSON: 7
> - Alexis Richardson http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000405.html
> - Andy Edmonds? http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000420.html
> - Ben Black http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000395.html
> - Randy Bias? (JSON listed first at http://wiki.gogrid.com/wiki/index.php/API:Anatomy_of_a_GoGrid_API_Call)
> - Richard Davies http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000409.html (split EH vote)
> - Tino Vazquez? http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000411.html
> - Tim Bray http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000418.html
>
> TXT: 1
> - Chris Webb http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000409.html (split EH vote)
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