To be frank, main issue is people are arguing about semantics, one side thinks Fielding's definition is the only thing that can be called REST, and the other la

To be frank, main issue is people are arguing about semantics, one side thinks Fielding's definition is the only thing that can be called REST, and the other larger(?) side could care less about that academic definition and are describing some simple rules for HTTP APIs. While it would be nice if there were two terms, just saying "This is NOT REST" really doesn't clarify anything.