Re: the meaning of stateless

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Brian Craft <[email protected]> wrote:
> Fielding's definition didn't do much for me, because the terms aren't adequately defined,

They are, and the definition is most definitely adequate, trust me on
that. IMO, it's a far, *far* better definition than the inevitably
ambiguous definitions that involve distinguishing between different
kinds of information stored on the server.

> and there aren't enough examples to clarify his intent.

Well, it is a dissertation :P

As with everything REST, the best way to understand it is to focus on
the interface and ignore the implementation. More specifically when it
comes to state, focus only on the meaning of the message and how it
reflects the intent of the message sender.

This may or may not help;

http://www.markbaker.ca/blog/2007/11/users-and-self-description/

Mark.