If any of this interests you, or you have implementations you would like to share please let Henry or I know you are interested in joining the working group.
I have been working on implementing REST-based web services for handle resolution/administration. Right now I'm working (in my spare time) in on the resolution part.
For example:
JSON
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XML (but specific to my company's implementation of Handle)
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I've also started (but had to abandon) implementing RDF/XML which would be more generally useable. The JSON was so I could do _javascript_/AJAX resolution more easily.
It's very rudimentary at the moment. For example, I haven't dealt with mapping handle response codes to HTTP response codes. It gets the idea across though. I also haven't tackled the issue of dealing with binary data properly.
The REST model seems, to me at least, a good approach.
Regarding automation, we've been creating handles programatically for about four years. We happen to use java so, we don't have to wrestle with language issues.
What are your plans for the working group? I'm interested to learn more.
Regards,
Mark
Linkstorm Corporation