I disagree. REST created a framework, one implementation of which is HTTP. You can implement HTTP in a more or less RESTful manner. Advocates of REST propose i

I disagree. REST created a framework, one implementation of which is HTTP. You can implement HTTP in a more or less RESTful manner. Advocates of REST propose it as the most effective way to provide a Web Service. Strangely, advocates of SOAP say something similar. This isn't about dogma. If you are insecure about people pointing out that some people claiming to adhere to REST aren't that's your hang up. I am all about using technology in the most effective manner, this isn't about the religion of one system over another, it's about seeing the benefits of a RESTful architecture. Implementing in a partly RESTful way only gets you part of the benefits.