Title :
Welcome to the Real World: A Notation for Modeling REST Services
Author :
Liskin, Olga ; Singer, Leif ; Schneider, Kurt
Author_Institution :
Leibniz Univ. at Hanover, Hanover, Germany
Abstract :
Documentation of REST and REST-style services often uses prose only, making it hard for client developers to understand the ties between the service´s parts. We developed a notation for REST-style services that´s based on UML state charts. It can be used with existing tools and is simple enough for use on whiteboards. The notation visualizes relationships between application states, thereby improving the understanding of hypermedia use in services. This benefits both service designers and client developers. Because the notation makes REST-related design problems more obvious, it might even improve service design.
Keywords :
Unified Modeling Language; Web services; hypermedia; service-oriented architecture; REST services modeling; REST-related design problems; UML state charts; application states; client developers; hypermedia use; representational state transfer; service design; service designers; whiteboards; Computer architecture; Documentation; Protocols; Servers; Unified modeling language; Web services; Computer architecture; Documentation; Protocols; RESTful Web services; Servers; Unified modeling language; Web services; design notations; service design; service documentation;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2012.59
