Re: Looking for examples of non-REST information resources

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OK, I'll bite -- why does the second of these _not_ "fit the REST mould"?

  - has a current state consisting of "abstract information"
     Yup -- "the next random integer, given the current seed/state, as
             generated by the [xxx] algorithm and parameterised per
             the request URI"
  - the state may or may not change through time
     Yup -- as determined by the algorithm used
  - the state can be "represented" by "representations" (bit strings +
    metadata) synthesized by a server
     Yup, evidently
  - the state might be updated by PUT and POST, or by some other process
     Nope

Or, for that matter, the first -- why is

   "A topic page from Wikipedia, selected by [plug in the above or
   whatever is an accurate description of the randomisation involved]"

any _less_ a REST-mould-appropriate resource definition than "A
collection of photos and snippets comprising a view of the current UK
national and international news as determined by the editorial board
of the Guardian newspapers" is?

ht
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