new version of REST in the VO

[schaaff at newb6.u-strasbg.fr]

Quoting Guy Rixon <gtr at ast.cam.ac.uk>:

>
> On 6 Nov 2008, at 15:59, schaaff at newb6.u-strasbg.fr wrote:
>
>>
>>> If I select a
>>> random toolkit, is it likely to let me build a pre-defined service
>>> (e.g. UWS), or do I have to pick a toolkit to suit my design?
>>>
>> Concerning for example UWS we will probably have UWS toolkits (e.g.  
>> Java UWS toolkit at CDS...) for different languages and thus it  
>> will be transparent for the end developer.
>> Do you think that it will be so ?
>
> I think it's quite likely that we will have reusable UWS-client
> libraries. I don't know how reusable a UWS-service toolkit would be
> between applications of UWS. It would be interesting to know if, for
> example, the CDS toolkit would work for both TAP and CEA, or whether

yes, it should be interesting to experiment if it is flexible enough

André

> it would be easier to write separate code for each kind of service.
>
> Cheers,
> Guy