The following classification helped me resolve more than one REST terminology related conflict. Hope it'll be useful: http://www.nordsc.com/ext/classification_o

The following classification helped me resolve more than one REST terminology related conflict. Hope it'll be useful: http://www.nordsc.com/ext/classification_of_http_based_apis.html http://www.nordsc.com/ext/classification_of_http_based_apis.....