creators_name: Wilde, Erik
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2009-04-22 08:28:32
lastmod: 2009-04-22 09:13:43
metadata_visibility: show
title: What is REST?
ispublished: pub
full_text_status: public
pres_type: tutorial
abstract: Representational State Transfer (REST) is defined as an architectural style, which means that it is not a concrete systems architecture, but instead a set of constraints that are applied when designing a systems architecture. We briefly discuss these constraints, but then focus on explaining how the Web is one such systems architecture that implements REST. In particular, the mechanisms of the Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs), the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), media types, and markup languages such as the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and the Extensible Markup Language (XML). We also introduce Atom and the Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) as two established ways on how RESTful services are already provided and used on today's Web.
date: 2009-04
event_title: 18th International World Wide Web Conference
event_location: Madrid, Spain
event_dates: April 20th-24th, 2009
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
official_url: http://dret.net/netdret/docs/soa-rest-www2009/
citation: Wilde, Erik <http://www2009.eprints.org/view/author/Wilde=3AErik=3A=3A.html> (2009) What is REST? In: 18th International World Wide Web Conference, April 20th-24th, 2009, Madrid, Spain.
document_url: http://www2009.eprints.org/251/1/rest.pdf
document_url: http://www2009.eprints.org/251/2/rest.html