Question

Who is credited with the rest approach to web services?

Answer 1

Roy Fielding defined REST in his 2000 PhD dissertation "Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures" at UC Irvine. He developed the REST architectural style in parallel with HTTP 1.1 of 1996–1999, based on the existing design of HTTP 1.0 of 1996.

Answer 2

Roy Fielding is credited with the REST approach to web services.

Explanation:

• The approach of REST or Representational State Transfer was developed by the US scientist of computer Roy Fielding in the year 2000. He introduced this term and talked about the style of architecture and design for the architecture of network-dependent software.
• In this process, he defined REST as the constraints used in developing Web services. These services are considered as ‘Restful web services’. This gives the facility of interoperability in internet services between computers.