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'''Hypertext Application Language''' ('''HAL''') is an [[Internet Draft]] (a "work in progress") standard convention for defining hypermedia such as links to external resources within [[JSON]] or [[XML]] code (however, please note that the latest version of HAL Internet-Draft expired on November 12, 2016.). The standard was initially proposed on June 2012 specifically for use with JSON<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Mike |title=JSON Hypertext Application Language |url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kelly-json-hal-00 |publisher=IETF |accessdate=16 October 2018 |date=7 June 2012}}</ref> and has since become available in two variations, JSON and XML. The two associated [[MIME]] types are media type: application/hal+xml and media type: application/hal+json.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Richardson|first1=Leonard|last2=Ruby|first2=Mike Amundsen ; foreword by Sam|title=RESTful Web APIs|date=2013|publisher=O'Reilly|___location=Sebastopol, CA|isbn=978-1-4493-5806-8|edition=First|chapter=7}}</ref>
HAL was created to be simple to use and easily applicable across different domains by avoiding the need to impose any requirements on how the project be structured. Maintaining this minimal impact approach, HAL has enabled developers to create general-purpose libraries which can be easily incorporated on any [[API]] that uses HAL.{{Citation needed|Reason=RFC4627 does not mention HAL|date=October 2018}}
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