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[mkovatsc]

Media type design: After having learned from HSML and Coral (and maybe WoT TD), we should write on the lessons learned

["Media type design" is easy: it is just a string to identify representation formats. The latter are hard to design.]

[mkovatsc]

The applicability of REST: where does the REST style work well (e.g., resource oriented architectures) and where it is not as good fit (e.g., RPC style actions). How can we extend the applicability and where should we stop and do something else.

[mkovatsc]

Throttling and chatty APIs: minimize the impact of a DDoS attack or bug in consumer code. more than a single call to perform a single, common function.