REST and web services

Some useful links to understand Representational State Transfer:

• How I explained REST to my wife.... Very nice introductory explanation. Read the comments for a lengthy debate about whether it's sexist or not.
• Building Web Services the REST way. Once you get the vibe of REST, this shows how a web service should interact with the client in order to preserve RESTfulness.
• Erik Wilde's nice powerpoint presentation on REST.
  
• Wikipedia entry. Additional links and resources.
  

REST seems like an appropriate architectural style for the Version 8 web service component.

The framework I am most interested in evaluating for Java-based REST components is Restlet.