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The fallacy of the multi-API culture Conceptual and practical benefits of Representational State Transfer (REST)

Ruben Verborgh (UGent) , Seth van Hooland, Aaron Cope, Sebastian Chan, Erik Mannens (UGent) and Rik Van de Walle (UGent)
(2015) JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION. 71(2). p.233-252
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to revisit a decade after its conception the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural style and analyzes its relevance to address current challenges from the Library and Information Science (LIS) discipline. Design/methodology/approach - Conceptual aspects of REST are reviewed and a generic architecture to support REST is presented. The relevance of the architecture is demonstrated with the help of a case study based on the collection registration database of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Findings - The authors argue that the "resources and representations" model of REST is a sustainable way for the management of web resources in a context of constant technological evolutions. Practical implications - When making information resources available on the web, a resource-oriented publishing model can avoid the costs associated with the creation of multiple interfaces. Originality/value - This paper re-examines the conceptual merits of REST and translates the architecture into actionable recommendations for institutions that publish resources.
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Information architecture, Web applications, Hypermedia, REST, Uniform interface, Web APIs

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MLA
Verborgh, Ruben, et al. “The Fallacy of the Multi-API Culture Conceptual and Practical Benefits of Representational State Transfer (REST).” JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION, vol. 71, no. 2, 2015, pp. 233–52, doi:10.1108/JD-07-2013-0098.
APA
Verborgh, R., van Hooland, S., Cope, A., Chan, S., Mannens, E., & Van de Walle, R. (2015). The fallacy of the multi-API culture Conceptual and practical benefits of Representational State Transfer (REST). JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION, 71(2), 233–252. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-07-2013-0098
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Verborgh, Ruben, Seth van Hooland, Aaron Cope, Sebastian Chan, Erik Mannens, and Rik Van de Walle. 2015. “The Fallacy of the Multi-API Culture Conceptual and Practical Benefits of Representational State Transfer (REST).” JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 71 (2): 233–52. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-07-2013-0098.
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Verborgh, Ruben, Seth van Hooland, Aaron Cope, Sebastian Chan, Erik Mannens, and Rik Van de Walle. 2015. “The Fallacy of the Multi-API Culture Conceptual and Practical Benefits of Representational State Transfer (REST).” JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION 71 (2): 233–252. doi:10.1108/JD-07-2013-0098.
Vancouver
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Verborgh R, van Hooland S, Cope A, Chan S, Mannens E, Van de Walle R. The fallacy of the multi-API culture Conceptual and practical benefits of Representational State Transfer (REST). JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION. 2015;71(2):233–52.
IEEE
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R. Verborgh, S. van Hooland, A. Cope, S. Chan, E. Mannens, and R. Van de Walle, “The fallacy of the multi-API culture Conceptual and practical benefits of Representational State Transfer (REST),” JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 233–252, 2015.
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Design/methodology/approach - Conceptual aspects of REST are reviewed and a generic architecture to support REST is presented. The relevance of the architecture is demonstrated with the help of a case study based on the collection registration database of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
 
Findings - The authors argue that the "resources and representations" model of REST is a sustainable way for the management of web resources in a context of constant technological evolutions.
 
Practical implications - When making information resources available on the web, a resource-oriented publishing model can avoid the costs associated with the creation of multiple interfaces.
 
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  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1108/JD-07-2013-0098}},
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