Re: Why MD5 Headers are Imperative

Eric J. Bowman wrote:

> Here's the logical fallacy in the APP:
>
> "Once  a  resource  has  been  created  and  its  URI  is  known,  that  URI  can be 
>  used  to  retrieve,  update,  and  delete  the  resource. "
>
> This asserts that the edit representation MUST be identical to the _resource_ 

It looks to me like the logical fallacy is yours. I don't see how the 
first sentence implies the second. In fact, I can think of several 
counter-examples. For instance, the resource may *be* a collection of 
database fields shredded into a relational database, while the 
representation may be an XML document. Many other counterexamples spring 
to mind.


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