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Roy Fielding
Chief Scientist, Day Software

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Roy T. Fielding, Chief Scientist at Day Software and VP of the Apache HTTP server project, has co-founded a dozen open source projects, defined the REST architectural style, authored standards that define much of the World Wide Web, and chaired the Apache Software Foundation through its first three years.

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10:45am Friday, 07/25/2008

Open Architecture at REST

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Location: Portland 251

Roy Fielding (Day Software)

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Open architecture is a property that can make or break an open source product. Eclipse, Apache, Linux (Unix), Firefox, and the World Wide Web are all examples of systems that distinguished themselves by enabling a platform for extensibility instead of just a fixed set of features. How do we design for that? Principled design, as demonstrated by the REST architectural style and other examples. Read more.