UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

Architectural Styles and
the Design of Network-based Software Architectures

DISSERTATION

submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

in Information and Computer Science

by

Roy Thomas Fielding

2000

Dissertation Committee:
Professor Richard N. Taylor, Chair
Professor Mark S. Ackerman
Professor David S. Rosenblum

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Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Curriculum Vitae

Abstract of the Dissertation

Introduction

CHAPTER 1: Software Architecture

1.1 Run-time Abstraction

1.2 Elements

1.3 Configurations

1.4 Properties

1.5 Styles

1.6 Patterns and Pattern Languages

1.7 Views

1.8 Related Work

1.9 Summary

CHAPTER 2: Network-based Application Architectures

2.1 Scope

2.2 Evaluating the Design of Application Architectures

2.3 Architectural Properties of Key Interest

2.4 Summary

CHAPTER 3: Network-based Architectural Styles

3.1 Classification Methodology

3.2 Data-flow Styles

3.3 Replication Styles

3.4 Hierarchical Styles

3.5 Mobile Code Styles

3.6 Peer-to-Peer Styles

3.7 Limitations

3.8 Related Work

3.9 Summary

CHAPTER 4: Designing the Web Architecture: Problems and Insights

4.1 WWW Application Domain Requirements

4.2 Problem

4.3 Approach

4.4 Summary

CHAPTER 5: Representational State Transfer (REST)

5.1 Deriving REST

5.2 REST Architectural Elements

5.3 REST Architectural Views

5.4 Related Work

5.5 Summary

CHAPTER 6: Experience and Evaluation

6.1 Standardizing the Web

6.2 REST Applied to URI

6.3 REST Applied to HTTP

6.4 Technology Transfer

6.5 Architectural Lessons

6.6 Summary

Conclusions

References

List of Figures

Figure 5-1. Null Style

Figure 5-2. Client-Server

Figure 5-3. Client-Stateless-Server

Figure 5-4. Client-Cache-Stateless-Server

Figure 5-5. Early WWW Architecture Diagram

Figure 5-6. Uniform-Client-Cache-Stateless-Server

Figure 5-7. Uniform-Layered-Client-Cache-Stateless-Server

Figure 5-8. REST

Figure 5-9. REST Derivation by Style Constraints

Figure 5-10. Process View of a REST-based Architecture

List of Tables

Table 3-1. Evaluation of Data-flow Styles for Network-based Hypermedia

Table 3-2. Evaluation of Replication Styles for Network-based Hypermedia

Table 3-3. Evaluation of Hierarchical Styles for Network-based Hypermedia

Table 3-4. Evaluation of Mobile Code Styles for Network-based Hypermedia

Table 3-5. Evaluation of Peer-to-Peer Styles for Network-based Hypermedia

Table 3-6. Evaluation Summary

Table 5-1. REST Data Elements

Table 5-2. REST Connectors

Table 5-3. REST Components