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Resource-oriented computing
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<h2 id="fundamental-concepts">Fundamental concepts</h2> <p>Resource-oriented computing describes an abstract computing model. The fundamental idea is that sets of information known as resources are treated as abstracts; that is, a resource is a Platonic concept of the information that is the subject of a computation process. </p><p>Resources are identified by logical addresses (typically a <a href="/facts/URI/UjyqxTpA">URI</a>) and processing is defined using compositions and sequences of resource requests. </p><p>At the physical level, a ROC system processes resource-representations, executes transformations and, in so doing, computes new resources. In this respect ROC is no different from any other computational model – computation is performed to collate and reveal new information. </p><p>The fundamental principles of ROC include: </p> <a href="/facts/Resource_(computer_science)/bX958SEx">Resource</a> A resource is an abstract set of information. <a href="/facts/Identity_(object-oriented_programming)/M8Pua97X">Identity</a> Each resource may be identified by one or more logical identifiers. Resolution A logical identifier may be resolved within an information-context to obtain a physical resource-representation. <a href="/facts/Computation/qLsELosq">Computation</a> Computation is the <a href="/facts/Reification_(computer_science)/bWHmLPs5">reification</a> of a resource to a physical resource-representation. <a href="/facts/Immutable_object/Gsoq1bba">Immutability</a> Resource representations are immutable. Transreption Transreption (short for transrepresentation) is the isomorphic lossless transformation of one physical resource-representation to another. <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Microservices/1zGcNFSj">Microservices</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/NetKernel/pBREtfu4">NetKernel</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Rodgers, Peter. <a href="http://resources.1060research.com/docs/IntroductionToResourceOrientedComputing-1.pdf"><i>Introduction to Resource Oriented Computing</i></a> (PDF). 1060 Research.</li></ul>