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What does REST stand for?

Representational State Transfer (alternative to SOAP)


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Aa By focusing on agency-specific eGovernment service delivery rather than complex government-wide strategies-- individual agencies--possessing differing levels of maturity as well as available skills can make use of web-oriented architecture (WOA) and representational state transfer (REST) to make online services easier to integrate with individual agencies.
In addition, the Mu analyzer can be controlled via a Representational State Transfer (REST) API and Mu provides a Tcl wrapper for that API so that the Mu analyzer can be easily integrated into Tcl-based lab automation environments.
The authors explain the technology as well as how to use it in chapters on generics and transactions; fundamentals; data representation; security; reliable sessions, transactions, and queues; legacy integration; interoperability; custom transports and behaviors; publish/subscribe systems; peer communication; manageability; representational state transfer and plain XML services; and InfoCard.
In his presentation today, June 25 at 9:30am in Arena 5, Fielding will discuss how the Representational State Transfer (REST) functions as an architectural concept of the World Wide Web.
In addition, SugarCRM has added a Representational State Transfer (REST) interface that allows for easier development of REST services based upon Sugar data.
CSM provides a Representational State Transfer (REST) capability for building distributed systems using HTTP without an additional messaging layer such as SOAP.
The following two standards are now supported by the Suite's SOA Edition: * REST-ful Web services (implemented according to REST - Representational State Transfer - principles) are more "graceful" Web services implementations that boost developer productivity and decrease system overhead, leading to a more efficient use of human and machine resources; * Reliable RPC (WS-ReliableMessaging standard) allows Web service developers to decouple systems and deliver service calls in a "fire-and-forget" but highly reliable manner.
0 Connect is based on the Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture, which provides a consistent and simple method of accessing system resources.

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