Search for "rest api standard" you will find a bunch. While I like standard, and I am always an advocate of standard, I also don't agree with standard body's d

Search for "rest api standard" you will find a bunch. While I like standard, and I am always an advocate of standard, I also don't agree with standard body's decision on the exact format. This is the challenge. HATEOS is an absolutely great idea, but also painful to implement, making payload larger. One question I ask is "how many kinds of resource links do I need to supply?"