[topicmapmail] Web Services

[Jan Algermissen]

Christoph Froehlich wrote:

> Panckoucke is currently used to feed presentation engines. Since some
> time, I wonder, if it shouldn't be possible to define the model in a way
> that roundtripping could be done. This would allow us to build editors
> based upon the panckoucke abstract model.
> 

Regarding my last mail: if a given topic map lives at

http://www.example.org/topicmaps/xmltools


it makes perfect sense (from a REST POV) to POST XTM (or whatever)
to the map to add information.

You can even create (PUT) and erase (DELETE) maps via HTTP.

One might use

DELETE http://www.example.org/topicmaps/xmltools/topics/7763 HTTP/1.0

to delete a certain topic or

POST http://www.example.org/topicmaps/xmltools/topics/7763 HTTP/1.0
Content-type: application/xtm+xml
Content-length: xxx
[blank line]
<topicMap>
  <topic id="foo">
     <baseName>....</baseName>
   </topic>
</topicMap>

to add a basename to a particular topic.

Jan


P.S. Part of the delay in my promised work on the XTM mime type is because
     I wanted to play arond with these issues a little bit before proceeding
     with the mime type. Sorry.