[occi-wg] XML to represent an instance

[Jean Parpaillon]

Hi Augusto !

Le mardi 12 novembre 2013 à 14:58 +0100, Augusto Ciuffoletti a écrit :
> From a very intuitive (i.e., unformal) point of view, it is a very
> compact way to describe an resource together with outgoing links:
> think of a graph representation. I agree with you that this offers an
> embarrassing alias for the operation of creating link, clearly more
> convenient than the "official" way. I decided to use this alternative
> exactly for that reason: it is very attractive, so probably the most
> frequently used. But I found the same point you did: once created, I
> have no reference for the link.
> 

One solution could be to require the creation of a "real" link when user
includes it inline. The server must then return a description of created
resources, with id for them.


Jean

> 
> So here is the question: is the "in line" creation of a link (as in
> the http rendering paper, sect. 3.4.5) conceptually acceptable (and
> why, we may have overlooked some relevant detail), or not?
> 
> 
> 
> 2013/11/12 Jean Parpaillon <jean.parpaillon at free.fr>
>         Hi Augusto,
>         
>         
>         Le 12/11/2013 11:40, Augusto Ciuffoletti a écrit :
>         > ...
>         >
>         >     >
>         >     > -) inline links are introduced in the "infrastructure"
>         document. I
>         >     hope
>         >     > that my interpretation is correct. It is true that in
>         this way a
>         >     link is
>         >     > hidden inside the resource. So this is a critical
>         issue in the
>         >     > infrastructure document that should be resolved, or
>         simply clarified
>         >     >
>         >
>         >     Could you point the section where it appears ? I can not
>         find it.
>         >
>         >
>         > Sorry, it was in the "http rendering" document. This is the
>         link in
>         > March 2013 revision:
>         > GFD-P-R.185
>         > March 22, 2013
>         > 3.4.5 Handling Link instances
>         >
>         
>         
>         Ok, thanks. From what I can understand, an inline link can not
>         be
>         retrieved in the general links collection. This looks weird
>         for me but I
>         have not concrete case in mind.
>         
>         > ...
>         
>         Regards,
>         --
>         Jean Parpaillon
>         Open Source Consultant
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>         
>         -- 
>         Augusto Ciuffoletti
>         Dipartimento di Informatica
>         Università di Pisa
>         56100 - Pisa (Italy)

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