What means 'REST over HTTP`-like?
The Core API implements the REST style, but extends it by operations on resources beside the standard HTTP methods. This is mainly done to support bulk requests. This enables the client to manage several resources within a single request. This reduces the number of requests and simplifies the client logic for same kind of operations on same resources.
Depending on which resource you want to access and how you construct an HTTP request, you can perform several types of operations, including:
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Determine available API versions
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Create, read, update, delete data objects or its metadata
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Create, read, update, delete the virtual structures of data objects
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Create, read, update, delete of classifications, keywords
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Linking data objects
For details see API methods.