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It distinguishes itself from other APIs by having the following properties: | It distinguishes itself from other APIs by having the following properties: | ||
* Heavy use of [[Media Types]] to allow [[Backward Compatibility]]. | * Heavy use of [[Media Types]] to allow [[Backward Compatibility]]. | ||
* It does not allow clients to construct [[URL | URLs]] (unless instructed by the server to do so) to allow for applications to change their URL structure. | * It does not allow clients to construct [[URL | URLs]] (unless [[URL Templating | instructed by the server to do so]]) to allow for applications to change their URL structure. | ||
* Other than an entry URL and a set of documents describing the [[Media Types]], no additional knowledge should be necessary to use the API. | * Other than an entry URL and a set of documents describing the [[Media Types]], no additional knowledge should be necessary to use the API. | ||