Abstract:REST has become a popular architectural style among service providers. It is considered as an easy way to design and consume Web services. REST can be realized as using HTTP PUT, POST, and GET operations. However, the focus on the implementation technique often leads to ignoring the original REST constraints and definitions proposed by R. Fielding. Thus, this way of thinking might result in misuse of REST. In addition, less emphasis is put on designing good REST APIs, which indeed is not a trivial task.In this… Show more
“…http://myserver/magneticField for calculating magnetic field. Because of the lack of an interface description, this approach can be cumbersome for scientific interfaces [20,21]. Besides, a data transfer format is a part of every interface.…”
“…http://myserver/magneticField for calculating magnetic field. Because of the lack of an interface description, this approach can be cumbersome for scientific interfaces [20,21]. Besides, a data transfer format is a part of every interface.…”
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