REST explained

I came across this great article for beginners which explains what REST is. Dr. Elkstein also explains the difference between ROA vs SOA as well as REST vs SOAP. The comments section by itself is also very insightful.

For reference, both mine and yours these are the links.

http://rest.elkstein.org/2008/02/what-is-rest.html

http://rest.elkstein.org/2008/02/roa-vs-soa-rest-vs-soap.html

http://rest.elkstein.org/2008/02/documenting-rest-services-wsdl-and-wadl.html