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    Good answers for question 1 so far. Anyone have any insight into my second question? Commented Mar 1, 2012 at 17:51
  • Kinda missed that, and I've seen the term but I'm not sure what hypermedia is in a technical sense -- do you have a link? Commented Mar 1, 2012 at 19:00
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    Basically, hypermedia in the context of REST mean "lazy load". For example, if your request to a REST service returns an object that has a reference to another object, that references is represented as a link in the XML document as oppose to including the referenced object in it's entirety. If you want info about the referenced object, simply follow the link. dret.net/lectures/ppos-spring11/reading/… Commented Mar 1, 2012 at 19:09
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    Another good description of hypermedia with respect to REST. timelessrepo.com/haters-gonna-hateoas Commented Mar 1, 2012 at 19:55