The Richardson Maturity Model, as explained by Martin Fowler, is the only explanation of the benefits of REST that has ever made sense to me: http://martinfowle

The Richardson Maturity Model, as explained by Martin Fowler, is the only explanation of the benefits of REST that has ever made sense to me: http://martinfowler.com/articles/richardsonMaturityModel.html http://martinfowler.com/articles/richardsonMaturityModel.htm... And for what it's worth, I've only found value in levels 1 and 2, not level 3. Also, this talk by DHH helped me understand how to organize an API by creating more nouns with a restricted set of verbs, instead of proliferating verbs on a smaller set of nouns: http://www.bestechvideos.com/2007/08/12/railsconf-07-keynote-david-heinemeier-hansson http://www.bestechvideos.com/2007/08/12/railsconf-07-keynote...