One point in my recent REST vs. SOAP — there are more nouns than verbs! post I don’t seem to have communicated well. Let me try to augment what I said… Imagine two software systems that both process the same amount of information and generally do the same thing. The first of those systems is not a web-based system, and thus does not allow anybody to address any part of its functionality or information using URLs. The second of those systems is exposing absolutely everything as URLs. Which of those two systems is more conducive to third-party innovation? …