Re: [Pki-devel] TPS REST interface design

From http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.5: > The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the > entity enclosed in the request as a new subordinate of the resource > identified by the Request-URI in the Request-Line. POST is designed > to allow a uniform method to cover the following functions: > > - Annotation of existing resources; > - Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list, > or similar group of articles; > - Providing a block of data, such as the result of submitting a > form, to a data-handling process; > - Extending a database through an append operation. > > The actual function performed by the POST method is determined by the > server and is usually dependent on the Request-URI. The posted entity > is subordinate to that URI in the same way that a file is subordinate > to a directory containing it, a news article is subordinate to a > newsgroup to which it is posted, or a record is subordinate to a > database. Adding a new user or profile into a collection would be analogous to the above examples.