A number of moons ago this site ported a pdf of a tongue in cheek article that explained a web technique that was growing in popularity and significance named REST. Years later your editor tried to read the article and a hyperlink…which didn’t work.
So we went to the source and found that the author had unpunished it because he had received complaints of sexism. Considering that this society has a problem attracting females into the sacrament of science and technology, it is a subject that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Nonetheless, the article points out many of the importances of RESTful data and so this is reprinted with this intro so that the lessons don’t get lost.
There is another excellent resource for your REST knowledge base at:
How-to: REST Web services demystified by Kirsten Jones
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