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Hypertext Application Language

Hypertext Application Language (HAL) is a convention for defining hypermedia such as links to external resources within JSON or XML code. It is documented in an Internet Draft (a "work in progress"), with the latest version 11 published 10 October 2023. The standard was initially proposed in June 2012, specifically for use with JSON, and has since become…

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HypermediaResourcesJSONXMLInternet Draft
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Hypertext Application Language

Nodes16
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Avg. degree1.88
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Hypertext Application Language → JSON Hypertext Application Language

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links to external resources within JSON or XML codeinstance ofis a convention for defining hypermedia0.80text
Hypertext Application Languagerelated to External linksJSON Hypertext Application Language0.60section

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