REST API
E183290
A REST API is a web service interface that allows clients to interact with resources over HTTP using standard methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE in a stateless, structured way.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| REST | 15 |
| REST API canonical | 14 |
| REST APIs | 6 |
| Heat API | 1 |
| REST architectural style | 1 |
| Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface | 1 |
| WordPress REST API | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1611269 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: REST API Context triple: [Gist, accessModel, REST API]
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A.
Web APIs
Web APIs are browser-provided interfaces that enable JavaScript to interact with web platform features such as the DOM, networking, storage, and multimedia beyond the core ECMAScript language.
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B.
JSON API
JSON API is a standardized specification for building JSON-based RESTful APIs that defines how clients should request and modify resources in a consistent, structured format.
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C.
RESTCONF
RESTCONF is a RESTful protocol defined by the IETF for accessing and managing configuration and operational data on network devices using YANG data models.
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D.
OpenAPI
OpenAPI is a widely adopted, language-agnostic specification for describing and documenting RESTful APIs in a standardized, machine-readable format.
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E.
Clouds Rest
Clouds Rest is a prominent granite peak in Yosemite National Park known for its sweeping panoramic views over Yosemite Valley and Half Dome.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: REST API Target entity description: A REST API is a web service interface that allows clients to interact with resources over HTTP using standard methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE in a stateless, structured way.
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A.
Web APIs
Web APIs are browser-provided interfaces that enable JavaScript to interact with web platform features such as the DOM, networking, storage, and multimedia beyond the core ECMAScript language.
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B.
JSON API
JSON API is a standardized specification for building JSON-based RESTful APIs that defines how clients should request and modify resources in a consistent, structured format.
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C.
RESTCONF
RESTCONF is a RESTful protocol defined by the IETF for accessing and managing configuration and operational data on network devices using YANG data models.
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D.
OpenAPI
OpenAPI is a widely adopted, language-agnostic specification for describing and documenting RESTful APIs in a standardized, machine-readable format.
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E.
Clouds Rest
Clouds Rest is a prominent granite peak in Yosemite National Park known for its sweeping panoramic views over Yosemite Valley and Half Dome.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
software architectural style implementation
ⓘ
web service interface ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
REST API
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface
|
| basedOn | Representational State Transfer ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedFor |
microservices communication
ⓘ
mobile applications ⓘ third-party integrations ⓘ web applications ⓘ |
| communicatesUsing | request-response model ⓘ |
| enables | loose coupling between client and server ⓘ |
| enforces | separation of concerns between client and server ⓘ |
| isStateless | true ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
cacheability
ⓘ
client-server separation ⓘ code on demand ⓘ layered system ⓘ representation ⓘ resource ⓘ statelessness ⓘ uniform interface ⓘ |
| mayUse |
HTML
ⓘ
plain text ⓘ |
| oftenDocumentedWith |
API Blueprint
ⓘ
OpenAPI ⓘ
surface form:
OpenAPI Specification
Swagger ⓘ
surface form:
RAML
Swagger ⓘ |
| requires | each request to contain all necessary context ⓘ |
| securityCommonlyImplementedVia |
API keys
ⓘ
JSON Web Tokens (JWT) ⓘ
surface form:
JWT
OAuth 2.0 ⓘ mutual TLS ⓘ |
| supports |
independent evolution of client and server
ⓘ
scalability of web services ⓘ |
| supportsMethod |
DELETE
ⓘ
GET ⓘ HEAD ⓘ OPTIONS ⓘ PATCH ⓘ POST ⓘ PUT ⓘ |
| supportsVersioning | true ⓘ |
| typicallyUses |
JSON
ⓘ
XML ⓘ |
| usesForState |
client-side state management
ⓘ
server-side resource state ⓘ |
| usesIdentifier |
URI
ⓘ
URL ⓘ |
| usesProtocol |
HTTP
ⓘ
HTTPS ⓘ |
| versioningCommonlyImplementedVia |
HTTP headers
ⓘ
URI path ⓘ query parameters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: REST API Description of subject: A REST API is a web service interface that allows clients to interact with resources over HTTP using standard methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE in a stateless, structured way.
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