Self-describing
- RESTful HTTP messages are self-describing, due to;
- Statelessness; all data you need to lookup, you've got
- Standard uniform interface semantics; look up meaning in HTTP 1.1 spec
- Standard media types; lookup in IANA registry (soon to be
looked up on Web)
- Explicit cacheability; indicated by cache headers and/or implicit in method - both per HTTP spec