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[Paul Prescod] > > 3. I don't understand the rationale for principal #2; what's the > > reason to prefer one of these three? > > .../parts/345 > > ../part?234 > > ../part?id=345 > > Yes, I removed the "get" word; once I do that, what's the issue? > > Practically, there is probably not much of a difference. > > But, the first is a reference to a resource. The latter two are queries > and (arguably) not resources in their own right. Queries have slightly > different semantics. For instance, queries are constructed by the client > whereas normal hierarchical URIs should be treated as opaque. I have never agreed with the notion that a query string identifies something different from a RESTable resource. I see a query like this as a request for a particular view of a resource. That view I think of as a resource itself. Cheers, Tom P
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