Architectural principles and guidelines for building web services[1] that are scalable[2], stateless, RESTful APIs (Representational State Transfer): Architectural principles and guidelines for building scalable and stateless web services that communicate over HTTP using standard methods and data[3] formats.
Defined Terms
1. ↑ web services.
A standardized way of integrating Web-based applications over an Internet protocol backbone. It does so over HTTP using technologies such as XML. Technologies and protocols that enable different software applications or systems to communicate and exchange data over the internet.
