For QuickBooks, you'll find that CDATA, QOBDC, and Kipper (us) all do that in various forms. Part of the benefit of doing this is the speed of access. And the

For QuickBooks, you'll find that CDATA, QOBDC, and Kipper (us) all do that in various forms. Part of the benefit of doing this is the speed of access. And the other aspect is that REST is great for single object retrieval but awful for grouping, summary, joins, totals, etc