REST design question

I have an Item class with archive(), remove(), report() and suspend() methods.

I'm trying to decide how to map controllers and actions to each of those methods. I can create a separate resource for each method:

resources :items do   resource :archival   resource :removal   resource :report   resource :suspension end

or simple add some extra verbs on the :items resource

resources :items do   get :archive, :on => :member   get :remove, :on => :member   get :suspend, :on => :member   get :report, :on => :member   post :archive, :on => :member   post :remove, :on => :member   post :suspend, :on => :member   post :report, :on => :member end

I'm leaning towards the latter because I like the naming convention more. archive_item_path sounds more intuitive than new_item_archival_path

I doubt there's any definitive answer but can anyone offer their opinions as to the advantages/disadvantages of one approach over another?

thanks Alan

Archival, removal, report and suspension aren't really resources... they're actions on an Item.

Option 2 is definitely the preferred approach IMHO.