O Paulo Pereira, através do Luís Costa, enviou-me este link (http://tomayko.com/writings/rest-to-my-wife) que contém uma conversa, bem interessante, entre o Ryan e a sua esposa sobre o REST.

Algumas das frases que destaco deste documento:

If everything that machines need to talk about has a corresponding URL, you’ve created the machine equivalent of a noun.

But HTTP is actually a general purpose protocol for applying verbs to nouns.