AtomPub, beyond blogs
Using the AtomPub protocol as the base of your Web API

Questions for you
• Are you familiar with HTTP (Methods,
Status codes etc) ?
• Are you familiar with Web Services/APIs?
• Are you familiar with AtomPub?
• Have you developed a web service before ?
• Have you used/written WS-* ?
• Have used/written AtomPub ?

Your mission - Build a
web service that:

• Speaks HTTP,
across the
Internet
• Is scalable and
robust

• Caters to heterogeneous
clients (browsers, terminals,
other web services )
•Language neutral
(Java,PHP,Perl,Python, Ruby
and god forbid C , C++ ;))

Options ?
(Architecture - wise)

RPC Architecture
• Uses HTTP as a transport protocol - not an
application protocol
• Maps procedural prog