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> That's true if "self describing" means "describes html structure". > Imaging having to parse out the official REST HTML response to get the balance of the ac
by eterps 4y ago
> That's true if "self describing" means "describes html structure".
> Imaging having to parse out the official REST HTML response to get the balance of the account.
It's not the HTML that matters, it could be any self describing format containing hypermedia controls, for example: https://jasonette.com https://jasonette.com or https://hyperview.org https://hyperview.org
- z9znz 4y agoThe article's "good" (HTML) example above this statement is bone stock HTML. The only self-description given is that there are 4 anchors and 3 divs in that response. Any other description would have to be assumed based on text between the tags.