REST is defined in Roy's dissertation, no? Sure, that's not a spec, but since rest is an architectural paradigm more than a concrete standard, it seems appropri

REST is defined in Roy's dissertation, no? Sure, that's not a spec, but since rest is an architectural paradigm more than a concrete standard, it seems appropriate. Yes, almost no one needs 100% REST, browsers do basically. GraphQL adoption is not particularly fast IMHO, and being the official Facebook API probably helped :) Regarding your edit: REST is the generalization of users clicking links. That's why almost no one uses and needs full REST, because that kind of flexibility and future proofing is excessive in almost all business settings.