Re: [Hamlib-stationserver] Terminology

[Art B. <ac...@in...>]

On Mar 23, 2014, at 6:08 PM, Tony Langdon <vk...@gm...> wrote:

> And then we can get into "virtual rigs", which could represent 
> anything.  

One acid test I like to apply to designs is "what WON'T this let me do?"  Unnecessary restrictions and constraints seem often to reflect underlying design flaws.

> Hmm, web interface? I need to establish the exact function of this, 

Probably I should have said "web-service interface" to clarify that.  Although one of the nice things about RESTful web interfaces is that it's usually easy to implement clients as browser-based apps, that's not a requirement.  

But I'm talking strictly server-side here.  Just using HTTP for transport and allowing all requests to be encoded as URLs, which is the essence of the REST style.

BTW, another benefit of implementing things as web services is that things like user authentication and access control can often be implemented conveniently in the web server software.  They also sidestep a lot of potential firewall hassles.  

73,

- Art KD6O