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Some other tips:
* Keep paragraphs reasonably short.
* Use double spacing after the end of sentences.
* Don't use abbreviations such as 'e.g.' but instead use the long form, such as 'For example'.
## Markdown style

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# REST, Hypermedia & HATEOAS
> You keep using that word "REST". I do not think it means what you think it means.
> You keep using that word "REST". I do not think it means what you think it means.
>
> — Mike Amundsen, [REST fest 2012 keynote][cite].
First off, the disclaimer. The name "Django REST framework" was chosen simply to sure the project would be easily found by developers. Throughout the documentation we try to use the more simple and technically correct terminology of "Web APIs".
First off, the disclaimer. The name "Django REST framework" was decided back in early 2011 and was chosen simply to sure the project would be easily found by developers. Throughout the documentation we try to use the more simple and technically correct terminology of "Web APIs".
If you are serious about designing a Hypermedia APIs, you should look to resources outside of this documentation to help inform your design choices.
If you are serious about designing a Hypermedia API, you should look to resources outside of this documentation to help inform your design choices.
The following fall into the "required reading" category.
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## What REST framework doesn't provide.
What REST framework doesn't do is give you is machine readable hypermedia formats such as [HAL][hal], [Collection+JSON][collection], [JSON API][json-api] or HTML [microformats] by default, or the ability to auto-magically create fully HATEOAS style APIs that include hypermedia-based form descriptions and semantically labelled hyperlinks. Doing so would involve making opinionated choices about API design that should really remain outside of the framework's scope.
What REST framework doesn't do is give you is machine readable hypermedia formats such as [HAL][hal], [Collection+JSON][collection], [JSON API][json-api] or HTML [microformats] by default, or the ability to auto-magically create fully HATEOAS style APIs that include hypermedia-based form descriptions and semantically labelled hyperlinks. Doing so would involve making opinionated choices about API design that should really remain outside of the framework's scope.
[cite]: http://vimeo.com/channels/restfest/page:2
[dissertation]: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/top.htm