<s>
Restful	B-Application
Objects	I-Application
is	O
a	O
standard	O
covering	O
RESTful	B-Protocol
interfaces	I-Protocol
to	O
domain	B-Application
object	I-Application
models	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
defines	O
a	O
small	O
set	O
of	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
representations	O
covering	O
the	O
generic	O
constructs	O
in	O
a	O
domain	O
object	O
model	O
including	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Restful	B-Application
Objects	I-Application
also	O
defines	O
a	O
standard	O
set	O
of	O
resources	O
for	O
accessing	O
or	O
manipulating	O
these	O
representations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
specification	O
defines	O
which	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
methods	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
each	O
resource	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
meaning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taken	O
together	O
the	O
resources	O
and	O
representations	O
allow	O
the	O
complete	O
functionality	O
of	O
a	O
domain	O
object	O
model	O
to	O
be	O
accessed	O
over	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
.	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
The	O
Restful	B-Application
Objects	I-Application
specification	O
version	O
1.0.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
known	O
implementations	O
of	O
the	O
Restful	B-Application
Objects	I-Application
specification	O
,	O
all	O
open	O
source	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Restful	B-Application
Objects	I-Application
specification	O
states	O
that	O
it	O
operates	O
at	O
a	O
higher-level	O
of	O
abstraction	O
than	O
other	O
restful	B-Protocol
standards	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
JAX-RS	B-Language
specifications	O
for	O
Java	O
platform	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
WCF	B-Application
specification	O
on	O
.NET	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
some	O
conceptual	O
similarities	O
to	O
Odata	B-Application
-	O
though	O
Restful	B-Application
Objects	I-Application
places	O
much	O
more	O
emphasis	O
on	O
exposing	O
the	O
behaviour	O
of	O
domain	O
objects	O
,	O
not	O
just	O
their	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
an	O
overlap	O
with	O
the	O
naked	B-Architecture
objects	I-Architecture
pattern	I-Architecture
,	O
in	O
that	O
both	O
are	O
concerned	O
with	O
creating	O
generic	O
interfaces	O
to	O
domain	O
objects	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
while	O
the	O
latter	O
creates	O
some	O
kind	O
of	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
Restful	B-Application
Objects	I-Application
creates	O
an	O
API	B-Application
-	O
specifically	O
a	O
Restful	B-Protocol
API	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
two	O
frameworks	O
to	O
implement	O
the	O
Restful	B-Application
Objects	I-Application
standard	O
were	O
both	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
existing	O
frameworks	O
that	O
implement	O
the	O
Naked	B-Architecture
Objects	I-Architecture
pattern	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
