State Transitions in a REST-based Network

Recall the Parts Depot example. The parts list resource returns this representation:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<p:Parts xmlns:p="http://www.parts-depot.com"

xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xsi:schemaLocation=

"http://www.parts-depot.com

http://www.parts-depot.com/parts.xsd">

</p:Parts>

This document contains hyperlinks to resources that provide detailed

information about each part. When a client application follows one of the

hyperlinks it receives a representation of the resource identified by the hyperlink.

This transfers the client application to the next state.