RESTFUL WordPress Application Framework

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Broader concepts of data combined with interoperability in the use of, for example, HTTP verbs and syntax, enhances extensibility and scalability of web design. Developers can apply the same basic operations (“legacy verbs”) to more open-ended objects without “breaking” software. REST parses a wide range of languages and specification without prejudices or preconceptions. You might consider REST as a universal translator of new interactions between legacy systems and your WordPress web pages.

URLs and the Internet of Things (IOT)
The emerging Internet of Things (IOT) is also forcing changes in the universe of objects and how they are described in, for example, WordPress. Consider the way these Country Email List objects are identified using the Universal Resource Identifier (URI) and its uniform resource locator (URL) and uniform resource name (URN) subcomponents.

Compare, for example, URLs describing different protocols for the same domain like http://mydomain.com and ftp://mydomain.com. As the IOT expands, URI name, location, and retrieval methods will have greater diversity and require greater flexibility in handling granular differences. REST, as a web design concept, helps rather than hinders software development.



From Taxonomies to Custom Post Types
Post Types Unlimited and Pods, both listed in the plugin section of WordPress.org under the keyword post types, automatically provide code modifications upon activation that enable you to, for example, create user-defined custom post types (CPT) with their own separate taxonomies.