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ObjectSpaces in Whidbey
ObjectSpaces is an interesting addition to the next version of ADO.NET for Whidbey. Jim Webber (his blog is coming soon and hopefully he’ll help in improving my “pblog” engine… I hope he gets the hint!!!) and I started a project which we called the “DatabaseTier” long time ago. I still have the C# source code…
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High-order functions in C#
I think my boss, Prof. Paul Watson, is going to enjoy this article which describes how one could program with high-level functions (as in functional programming) using some of the new features in C# 2.0.
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WS-FX
Just found out that apache.org is working on WSFX (Web Services Functionality Extensions), which is an implementation of the WS-Addressing, WS-ReliableMessaging, and WS-Security specifications. Great!
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In India
Arrived in India. Fascinating place. Managed to get lost and get attacked by two dogs, in the first 2 hours of my first morning in Delhi 🙂
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Vogels on the three event-related WS specs
Werner Vogels talks about the three specifications available today that provide notification-related functionality (his post).
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Comments by Eric and good arguments from Mark
Few comments by Eric Newcomer in the Web Services Architecture (ex-)working group mailing list regarding the REST vs Web Services discussion that is going on over there. Also, Mark Baker replies to my previous post with some interesting arguments. I need to think about them. I agree with Eric that there is room for both…
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Ian Foster on WS-RF and WS-GAF in the news
Ian Foster talks about WS-RF in an interview with Mark Baker. Also, WS-GAF was in the news today. Not the most accurate reporting though. The reporter connected two unrelated stories. I don’t think Ian Foster would have referred to WS-GAF in his teleconference. I bet he was talking about WS-RF and the reporter completely confused…
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While I am on the subject of REST
At the end of last month, the work of the W3C Web Services Architecture working group reached an end and the WSA document was published. Nevertheless, the discussions continue in the mailing list almost exclusively on the relationship between Web Services and REST (again). While following the discussions, I started thinking about that relationship. I…
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The use of REST for Atom
I am sure the REST folks are not going to like Russell Beattie comments on the overloaded use of PUT and DELETE for Atom. I found the above post from Werner Vogels’ weblog.
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Travelling ahead
I haven’t been blogging much lately. That’s because I’ve been trying to catch up with work after my recent trip to San Francisco but most importantly because of the travels that are ahead… 18 – 28 Feb : India. I’ve been invited to participate in a team of 5 UK e-Scientists that will go to…