A domain application protocol (DAP) is the set of rules and conventions governing the interactions between participants in a
distributed computing application.
DAPs sit atop
HTTP and narrow HTTP's broad application protocol to support specific business goals. Services implement DAPs by adding
hypermedia
Hypermedia, an extension of the term hypertext, is a nonlinear medium of information that includes graphics, audio, video, plain text and hyperlinks. This designation contrasts with the broader term ''multimedia'', which may include non-interac ...
links to resource representations. These links highlight other resources with which a consumer can interact to make progress through a business transaction.
References
Software architecture
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Data interchange standards
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