Posted by RobLoach on February 27, 2008 at 12:34am
Just a quick note that nedjo posted a note about Services module going into core. This would allow use of XML-RPC, JSON, RSS, REST, SOAP and more to be loaded through a common Services API.
A Code Sprint will take place in Boston this coming Friday that will focus on the inclusion of this new Services API.
Things to consider with Drupal 7:
- Data API
- A common interface for providing a way of communication with external services will require a common method of representing data. The Data API will help this.
- Registry
- The Registry might allow us to specify how much of the Drupal bootstrap we need when creating/using services.
- PHP 5
- Drupal 7 will target PHP 5, so this means we can take advantage of the libraries that gives us SOAP, SimpleXML, and many others
Again, the URL for the issue is: http://drupal.org/node/145551