[OSLC] Reporting Domain

[Benjamin Williams]

Ref: http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/ReportingHome

One of the key requirements for a reporting consumer is what is being 
referred to as inlining.
This was formerly named 'Self Contained XML'

inlining - linked data should be inlined in the response to reduce the 
number of requests 

I believe that this description should be modified to avoid ambiguity and 
misunderstanding.

I think most people will understand that definition as meaning the data 
from linked resources rather than its intended meaning of a full set of 
self contained data being returned for the initial query (vs the common 
OSLC model of atomic transactions)

I suggest modifying this definition as below:

inlining - all queried data should be returned inline in the response with 
no need for further HTTP GET requests

Regards


/Ben

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