A '''Domain___domain application protocolsprotocol''' (DAPs'''DAP''') is the set of rules and conventions governing the interactions between participants in a [[distributed computing]] application.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NZgHIFJeZvcC&q=%22domain+application+protocol%22REST%3A&pg=PA64 From Research to Practice, ed. Erik Wilde, Cesare Pautasso, p64]</ref><!--Previous wording, doesn't make clear it's a computing matter: specify the legal interactions between a consumer and a set of resources involved in a business process. The term DAP is typically used in the context of [[Representational state transfer|Representational state transfer (REST)]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=Ian|title=REST: From Research to Practice|date=2011|publisher=Springer|___location=New York|isbn=978-1-4419-8302-2|pages=61-9161–91|edition=1.1st|url=http://dx.doi.org/=10.1007/978-1-4419-8303-9_3|chapter=3}}</ref>-->
DAPs sit atop [[HTTP]] and narrow HTTP’sHTTP's broad application protocol to support specific business goals. Services implement DAPs by adding [[hypermedia]] links to resource representations. These links highlight other resources with which a consumer can interact to make progress through a business transaction.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Webber|author2=Parastatidis|author3=Robinson|title=REST in Practice|year=2010|publisher=O'Reilly|page=95}}</ref>
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