From d03f91cb01897ddfd4fbb8f919db2f4a53216d2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Rossetti <mark.a.rossetti@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:24:15 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add link to Roy Fielding's paper (#1017)

* Add link to Roy Fielding's paper

The backend diagram makes reference to Roy Fielding's dissertation. I thought it would be helpful to have a direct link to his paper for convenience.

* Update 100-rest.md

Co-authored-by: Kamran Ahmed <kamranahmed.se@gmail.com>
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-# Rest
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+# REST
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+REST, or REpresentational State Transfer, is an architectural style for providing standards between computer systems on the web, making it easier for systems to communicate with each other. 
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+<ResourceGroupTitle>Free Content</ResourceGroupTitle>
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+<BadgeLink colorScheme='yellow' badgeText='Read' href='https://www.codecademy.com/article/what-is-rest'>What is REST?</BadgeLink>
+<BadgeLink colorScheme='yellow' badgeText='Read' href='https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/api/what-is-a-rest-api'>What is a REST API?</BadgeLink>
+<BadgeLink colorScheme='yellow' badgeText='Read' href='https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm'>Roy Fielding's dissertation chapter, "Representational State Transfer (REST)"</BadgeLink>