But, if you follow a link and that link is generated by the server, I still don't see how encoding a version number in the URL makes things any harder. FWIW, I

But, if you follow a link and that link is generated by the server, I still don't see how encoding a version number in the URL makes things any harder. FWIW, I've made an effort to follow the purity of it, but the APIs I see that try to do true ReST are insanely obtuse. If you know of any real world case studies where a provider went from "fake" ReST to true ReST, I'd love to read it. The contrived examples are not helping me out in the comprehension department.