From: p2p-hackers@zgp.org (Jeff Bone)
Replying To: Brad Neuberg <p2p-hackers@zgp.org>
Date: Mon Jul 15 20:28:01 2002
Subject: [p2p-hackers] Everything as a page

On 7/15/02 10:12 PM, "Brad Neuberg" <bradneuberg@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
> The alternative to the Unix file philosophy is the web philosophy:
> everything as a URI.  You could call this the REST philosophy.

Important to note: these are not exclusive.   The similarity between files in
distributed filesystems --- or more accurately, filelike resources that
present a file-oriented generic interface --- and resources in REST are
close almost to the point of trivial distinction.

That having been said, URI should be used to address any and all objects of
interest in distributed systems.   Even "distributed" (or better, networked)
filesystem such as NFS and CIFS/SMB have adopted a URI-based addressing
scheme that dispenses with the traditional "mount" protocols and, in effect,
creates a more conventional universal namespace for the objects referenced
by those protocols.

Fyi,
 
Jb