Comments for On the ROA http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa The UW blog for all things Resource Oriented Architecture & web services - email appdev@u.washington.edu Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:13:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on How to request content types (XML, XHTML, JSON, etc.) from RESTful services? by rberk http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=270&cpage=1#comment-67 rberk Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:13:39 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=270#comment-67 Matt, I agree that xhtml makes sense for a default format particularly for the reason you mention that it's what clients of the existing UW business web services already expect. Thanks for your feedback on this. Matt, I agree that xhtml makes sense for a default format particularly for the reason you mention that it’s what clients of the existing UW business web services already expect.

Thanks for your feedback on this.

]]> Comment on How to request content types (XML, XHTML, JSON, etc.) from RESTful services? by Matt H http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=270&cpage=1#comment-61 Matt H Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:22 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=270#comment-61 I'm a fan of the explicit file extension in the URI... seems like the cleanest approach to me (and I'm a Rails guy, so that's what I'm used to). Your default extensionless URI is also a great idea. I would expect that default URI to load up the xhtml version of the resource, for two reasons: xhtml is already what users expect as your "default" format, and xhtml will render in a browser for human consumption. Seems like a default format should render something that a human can understand. I’m a fan of the explicit file extension in the URI… seems like the cleanest approach to me (and I’m a Rails guy, so that’s what I’m used to). Your default extensionless URI is also a great idea. I would expect that default URI to load up the xhtml version of the resource, for two reasons: xhtml is already what users expect as your “default” format, and xhtml will render in a browser for human consumption. Seems like a default format should render something that a human can understand.

]]> Comment on Repost: “An invitation to build with the UW’s Student Web Services” by Scott Bush http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=263&cpage=1#comment-51 Scott Bush Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:20:05 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=263#comment-51 @Rylan - thanks for the note, the link's been fixed. @Rylan – thanks for the note, the link’s been fixed.

]]> Comment on Repost: “An invitation to build with the UW’s Student Web Services” by Rylan Hawkins http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=263&cpage=1#comment-50 Rylan Hawkins Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:16:19 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=263#comment-50 The link to "developer slides" seems broken. The link to “developer slides” seems broken.

]]> Comment on Catalyst GradeBook is now using the IdCard Photo Service by Tony Chang http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=230&cpage=1#comment-37 Tony Chang Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:50:50 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=230#comment-37 test test

]]> Comment on The UW iPhone application is now available (m.uw) by Tony Chang http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=221&cpage=1#comment-23 Tony Chang Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:40:10 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=221#comment-23 Here is another article from TechFlash: http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/university_of_washington_goes_mobile.html Here is another article from TechFlash:
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/09/university_of_washington_goes_mobile.html

]]> Comment on Course descriptions are here! by Tony Chang http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=212&cpage=1#comment-21 Tony Chang Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:29:36 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=212#comment-21 I was playing with the test site you sent me via email today. This is super cool. Please post a new blog entry about it and advertise the link when you are done. Its a great example of someone building a search web client on top of the web service to return real classes. I was playing with the test site you sent me via email today. This is super cool. Please post a new blog entry about it and advertise the link when you are done. Its a great example of someone building a search web client on top of the web service to return real classes.

]]> Comment on Course descriptions are here! by Scott Bush http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=212&cpage=1#comment-20 Scott Bush Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:27:44 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=212#comment-20 This will enable so much! Thanks to you and your team. I've started working on a new approach to the course catalog search. Currently it's just a Google search--not so great for students looking for classes with specific titles. The new version will consume this web service and return actual course data. Instructor Course Descriptions would be GREAT as it would allow us to recreate the existing format of the static HTML pages currently used on the course catalog. Oh, and the new version will be all AJAXy with jQuery... awesome. This will enable so much! Thanks to you and your team. I’ve started working on a new approach to the course catalog search. Currently it’s just a Google search–not so great for students looking for classes with specific titles.
The new version will consume this web service and return actual course data. Instructor Course Descriptions would be GREAT as it would allow us to recreate the existing format of the static HTML pages currently used on the course catalog.
Oh, and the new version will be all AJAXy with jQuery… awesome.

]]> Comment on R25 Classroom Scheduling by Nathan http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=178&cpage=1#comment-17 Nathan Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:21:58 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=178#comment-17 As a heads up, R25 is supposed to have a web services API (http://corp.collegenet.com/depts/higher_ed/series/Interfaces_WebServices/). Not sure what version the UW is on, but it might be worth checking out. As a heads up, R25 is supposed to have a web services API (http://corp.collegenet.com/depts/higher_ed/series/Interfaces_WebServices/). Not sure what version the UW is on, but it might be worth checking out.

]]> Comment on R25 Classroom Scheduling by ttchang http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=178&cpage=1#comment-16 ttchang Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:13:29 +0000 http://depts.washington.edu/ontheroa/?p=178#comment-16 Ryan, That sounds like a compelling use case. I am not sure if R25 holds any classroom info for the ones you are scheduling. It is only limited to general assignment classrooms. Lets plan on getting together so we can dig into this alittle bit more. http://depts.washington.edu/registra/RATS/index.php Ryan,

That sounds like a compelling use case. I am not sure if R25 holds any classroom info for the ones you are scheduling. It is only limited to general assignment classrooms. Lets plan on getting together so we can dig into this alittle bit more.

http://depts.washington.edu/registra/RATS/index.php

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