Theoretically it reduces the chance of collisions.. there may be
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andrei....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Mike. Is that the main and the only reason?
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> On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 3:00:04 PM UTC+2, Mike Kelly wrote:
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>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Andrei Neculau
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andrei....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > what would you consider resource metadata ? what would you mark with the
>> > _
>> > prefix, and for what reason (maybe you would mark something that is not
>> > metadata)?
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>> > more specifically, are links metadata ?
>> > why mark them as _links like HAL (Collection+JSON, Siren don't)?
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>> The main reason for the underscore prefixes in HAL is so that the
>> properties that are reserved by HAL are visually distinct.
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>> Cheers,
>> M
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