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REST Linguistics

i don't know who invented the REST triangle, but in my opinion it deserves some prize for an utterly useless visualization. in my experience, REST beginners are either just confused by it, or, even worse, they try to rationalize it,... Read more →

New Corporate Design

it seems that benedict xvi has decided to give the corporate design of his struggling outfit a not-so-subtle overhaul. the recent stage appearance of him in front of some display picturing the end of days (or something similarly unpleasant) looks... Read more →

iPhone and Google Route Planning

the iPhone uses Google's maps, and therefore i assumed it also uses Google's route planner when asking for directions; but apparently it doesn't. i just asked for directions from berkeley to furnace creek (death valley), and the results vary quite... Read more →

IEEE Xplore® Again

i already complained about this IEEE Xplore® thing a while ago. but maybe i am actually complaining about IEEE PDF eXpress™? whatever, i am talking about this completely broken PDF file upload process that you have to go through to... Read more →

Ionos vs. Atmos

i just got a giro ionos for my easter present. nice! now i am finally up to speed again in the helmet department... i had an atmos before (actually, two of them), but of course a helmet with more visible... Read more →

Models and Schemas

what is the relationship between a model and schema(s)? models should capture the logical structures of an application scenario, whereas schema(s) describe the physical structures of how data is serialized, with the obvious limitations of XML, for example that everything... Read more →

Querying Feeds

one of my main complaints about Atom always has been that time as the primary key is pretty much hardwired into the format, and even though it is possible to use Atom for information where time is secondary, i think... Read more →

HTTP POST without Message Body

a while ago we ran into the question what to do about an HTTP GET with Message Body. there we had the problem of how to model queries on feeds which might not fit into URI query strings, but still... Read more →

Spamference Spamference

they are at it again! i just received a highly relevant call for papers: Last Call for Papers/Abstracts and Invited Sessions Proposals for The 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge Communication and Peer Reviewing: KCPR 2008 (http://www.sciiis.org/kcpr2008) The 3rd International Symposium... Read more →

Fixing Schematron

i am tired of schematron being referred to as an XML schema language. even though its name strongly suggests that it is a schema language, it is not. it is a reporting language based on a simple set of rules... Read more →