You are downvoted, but also accurate. HTTP 1.0 happened, then Fielding did his work, informing HTTP 1.1. Chronologically speaking, REST is something that describes the web and how it succeeds.<p>Section 6.3 is even about which parts of HTTP are RESTful or not <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ics.uci.edu&#x2F;~fielding&#x2F;pubs&#x2F;dissertation&#x2F;evaluation.htm#sec_6_3" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ics.uci.edu&#x2F;~fielding&#x2F;pubs&#x2F;dissertation&#x2F;evaluatio...</a>