---
name: oip-what-is-rest
description: Apply the What Is REST article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# What Is REST

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/oip-what-is-rest). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/oip-what-is-rest.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/oip-what-is-rest/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

REST is not a protocol. It is an architectural style that treats the entire web as a collection of resources, each addressable by a unique URL, manipulated through a small set of universal verbs. Every REST interaction is stateless. The ser

## Representations

- Human: /a/oip-what-is-rest
- JSON: /api/articles/oip-what-is-rest
- Relationships: /api/articles/oip-what-is-rest/topology
- History: /api/articles/oip-what-is-rest/revisions