http://restcookbook.com/Basics/hateoas/ http://restcookbook.com/Basics/hateoas/ - What is HATEOAS and why is it important for my REST API? This page doesn't ev

http://restcookbook.com/Basics/hateoas/ http://restcookbook.com/Basics/hateoas/ - What is HATEOAS and why is it important for my REST API? This page doesn't even try to explain why HATEOAS is important. And I'm not sure that it is. This example uses some arbitrary xml to describe the API, but if no client can consistently read and understand it, what purpose does it serve?