[Catalyst] Multi-language and REST

[Dave Rolsky]

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Ian Docherty wrote:

>> http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/HTRQ_Headers.html#z12
>> 
> Yes, I have done this previously, it is elegant, but not RESTful and does not 
> make it easy for users to change their settings on a site-by-site basis 
> dynamically, as you could if you provided a language selection box on each 
> page.

Why do you say it's not RESTful?

I think it's very RESTful, but it depends on how you think about it. If 
the language of the content is basically an issue of "formatting", then 
switching language based on a header is perfect. The client provides 
sufficient information to produce a correct response _on each request_ as 
part of HTTP. This is basically the essence of REST.

OTOH, if you consider each language's content fundamentally separate 
things, then each language should have its own set of URIs.


-dave

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