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What is REST

Chapter 6
Blockchain Technology for Global Social Change
Representational state transfer is a software architectural style that defines a set of constraints to be used for creating web services. Web services that conform to the REST architectural style, termed RESTful web services, provide interoperability between computer systems on the internet.
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Can Blockchain Really Help the Poor?: If So, Who Is Trying To?
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 40
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9578-6.ch006
Abstract
It is the firm belief of the authors that Blockchain and other frontier technologies will be an important tool for social impact globally. It is now possible, with technology, to envision a world where everyone has an identity, where everyone can be connected to the economic system, where farmers get fair deals for their crops, and land registration is incorruptible. Advances in solar, battery, and digital commerce make it possible to imagine even the smallest village in Africa being able to produce and trade small amounts of energy. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were a visionary leap to a future state where the world can be a better place for humankind. However, they will not be achieved without harnessing the potential of technology. Nor will they be reached alone. In this chapter, the authors profile innovative case studies in Blockchain, which, if brought to scale, may realise the technology's potential. It is through this learning and experimentation that we will learn how to deploy this technology globally for social impact.
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Chapter 5
Analyzing GraphQL Performance: A Case Study
The architectural style that allows communication by HTTP.
Published in Chapter: Analyzing GraphQL Performance: A Case Study; From: Software Engineering for Agile Application Development
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Chapter 5
A Cloud Platform for Sharing Educational Digital Fabrication Resources Over the Internet
Representational state transfer (REST) is a software architectural style for developing web services and for defining an interoperability layer among Internet applications.
Published in Chapter: A Cloud Platform for Sharing Educational Digital Fabrication Resources Over the Internet; From: Social, Legal, and Ethical Implications of IoT, Cloud, and Edge Computing Technologies
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Integrating Heterogeneous Services for Semantic Mashup Construction
Is a protocol that provides a lighter weight alternative to web services. Usually, the REST protocol relies on a simple URL to make a request on a set of web services.
Published in Chapter: Integrating Heterogeneous Services for Semantic Mashup Construction; From: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Perspectives on Web-Based Systems
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Service-Driven Computing with APIs: Concepts, Frameworks, and Emerging Trends
An architectural style for implementing distributed systems based on stateless design, client-server interaction model, layering, uniform interfaces, and hypermedia driven state transitions.
Published in Chapter: Service-Driven Computing with APIs: Concepts, Frameworks, and Emerging Trends; From: Handbook of Research on Architectural Trends in Service-Driven Computing
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