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Representational State Transfer (REST)

Formal	An architecture for web standards, especially for the HTTP protocol. It is supposed to simplify the design of network applications compared to, for example, SOAP. Read More
Practical	REST is a simple, stateless architecture generally running over HTTP by reading a Web page that contains a XML file. REST gives a coordinated set of constraints to the design of components in a distributed hypermedia system that can lead to a higher-performing and more maintainable architecture. Read More
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Formal

An architecture for web standards, especially for the HTTP protocol. It is supposed to simplify the design of network applications compared to, for example, SOAP.

Practical

REST is a simple, stateless architecture generally running over HTTP by reading a Web page that contains a XML file. REST gives a coordinated set of constraints to the design of components in a distributed hypermedia system that can lead to a higher-performing and more maintainable architecture.

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Representational State Transfer (REST)