I just attended an SVJUG meeting where Mark Hansen explained REST web services.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/svjug-announce/message/20...
According to him, REST services are suitable for building mashups where the client is a web browser and tight interface specifications aren't necessary. SOAP services are more suitable for EAI where you need high reliability and tight specification of interfaces. Makes sense.
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REST is fine for trivial applications. Now try using it send a large HL7 V3 message. :-(
I just attended an SVJUG meeting where Mark Hansen explained REST web services. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/svjug-announce/message/20... According to him, REST services are suitable for building mashups where the client is a web browser and tight interface specifications aren't necessary. SOAP services are more suitable for EAI where you need high reliability and tight specification of interfaces. Makes sense.
What is 'HL7 V3' ?
I assume: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HL7