The "action" option is the most interesting one to me. That is not something that is a part of the general REST world. I've often thought having an rpc type int

The "action" option is the most interesting one to me. That is not something that is a part of the general REST world. I've often thought having an rpc type interface for rest objects would be very nice but have the sense that it is very unRESTful. Is there a good balance to be had?