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I think the point is the "winners" have something in common and this is no accident. XML and SOAP came out of "let's invent new formats and protocols"-type sta
by kree10 16y ago
I think the point is the "winners" have something in common and this is no accident.
XML and SOAP came out of "let's invent new formats and protocols"-type standardization, while REST and JSON were products of (essentially) one guy looking at a simple, existing, well-known concept (HTTP and js object literals, respectively) and putting a new frame around it.
- RyanMcGreal 16y agoI understand what you're saying and broadly agree with you; though I'd point out that Roy Fielding, the guy who articulated REST, was one of the principal authors of the HTTP specification.