Linked Data / Semantic Web vs REST

The relation of Linked Data/Semantic Web to REST - ANSWERS:

• "Resource Identification 
• Uniform Interface 
• Self-Describing Messages 
• Hypermedia Driving Application State 
• Stateless Interactions"

A generalisation of the Linked Data publishing guideline | Some More Individual.



From SOA to REST: Designing and Implementing RESTful Services (WWW2009 Tutorial)



Richardson Maturity Model



With all this theory, practical "rest" is "take it easy" JSON over HTTP.

Unfortunately, better solutions don't always win.

It would be much better to have a semantic model for either REST-full

or RPC/messaging based communication,

based on shared or resolvable vocabulary / ontology...