当关系数据库刚开发出来的时候，情况就是这样。但是，幸运的是，许多开发商同意开发一个标准的语言，用来访问和操纵数据库。
When relational databases were first developed, this was the case; but, fortunately, a number of vendors agreed to develop a standard language for accessing and manipulating relational databases.
与 SOAP 或其他标准不同，REST 要求用来操纵资源的方法或动词不是任意的。
Unlike SOAP or other standards, REST requires that the methods or verbs used to manipulate resources not be arbitrary.
它为表示文档定义了一套标准的接口集，也为访问和操纵文档定义了一套标准的方法。
It defines a standard set of interfaces for representing documents, as well as a standard set of methods for accessing and manipulating them.
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