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Address partial updates using PATCH or similar concepts in other protocols. #6

Closed fosrias closed 8 years ago

fosrias commented 9 years ago

How to send patch instructions or handholding to a client?

lhazlewood commented 9 years ago

Is this even necessary? PATCH is not finalized (and hasn't been for a long time) and it's been dormant for the last 4 years. A partial update is just a POST without all fields, so I don't see the need to depend on a spec perpetually in limbo.

fosrias commented 9 years ago

Well, actually PATCH became an RFC in 2010 as a proposed standard. Further in 2013, based on it this RFC for json instructions was formalized: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902

So, actually, as is the case with reading RFCs, it is not always obvious what things mean. But it is not a draft anymore. As a proposed standard, it is in a holding pattern to see if issues shake out in its use prior to promoting it to a full 'internet standard'. So, pretty much we need to address this as PATCH is basically a standard right now.

lhazlewood commented 8 years ago

@fosrias I'm closing this as this is now satisfied by the current draft document that reflects #3 (forms) and the method meta member. If you feel otherwise, please definitely re-open the issue - happy to discuss further if so.