[occi-wg] Categorization via link relations

[Sam Johnston]

Mike,

Thanks for taking the time to look at our specifications. The categories are
dealt with in a separate IETF Internet-Draft (
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-johnston-http-category-header-00) but it's
true that they could be layered on top of the Link: header. I hadn't
considered this option at the time but it does make some sense. OTOH we need
to sensibly layer properties/attributes on top of HTTP headers so we'll
probably be blazing our own trail there anyway (using Property:/Attribute:
headers modelled after Set-Cookie[2]:).

Sam

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Mike Kelly <mike at mykanjo.co.uk> wrote:

> I really like the protocol, you've done a great job
>
> I have a question: Why is Category given a unique header, and not simply
> treated as another type of link relation for a resource?
>
> i.e.
>
> Category: compute;
>  scheme="http://purl.org/occi/kind/";
>  label="Compute Resource"
>
> ..  could that actually be written as:
>
> Link: <http://occi.org/kinds/compute>;
>  rel=<http://purl.org/occi/kind>;
>  title="Compute Resource"
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
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