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The Atom Publishing ProtocolWill Teach YouREST
HTTP
AtomPub
Again
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HTTP Verbs

• GET
• POST
• PUT
• DELETE

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AtomPub Workflow

1. GET Service URL gt ltappservicegtappworkspace(ap
   pcollection)
2. POST ltxmlgtBIN to a collectionltatomentrygt with
   edit URI gt 201
3. PUT ltatomentrygt to edit URIltatomentrygt (update
   entry, if lucky)
4. PUT ltxmlgtBIN to edit-media URI200 Ok
5. GET edit URI gt ltatomentrygt
6. GET edit-media URI gt ltxmlgtBIN
7. DELETE to edit URI gt 200 Ok (or not)

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Hipness

• ltatomentrygt can contain arbitrary stuff (think
  RDF!)
• Learn ETags and the If-Match header
• Use the Location, Slug header
• Real, persistent URIs for Resources
• Defined in RelaxNG