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PATCHing AtomPub

the Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) predates HTTP PATCH, and therefore there is no way how it could explicitly allow updates to be made via HTTP PATCH instead of PUT. but instead of allowing any update method, both the edit and... Read more →

REST Layers and REST Applications

there has been a rather long history of people trying to describe REST applications, and an equally long history of responses saying that it cannot be done, should not be done, and that REST is allow about following your nose... Read more →

Resource Profiles

one of the not-so-well-known features of HTML is the ability to specify a profile attribute for a web page. it goes right in the head element like this: . here is what the HTML spec says... Read more →