HTTPRESTiä
HTTPRESTiä is an extension of the conventional HTTP protocol that integrates RESTful architectural principles with an enhanced set of features for asynchronous communication, real‑time data streaming, and built‑in support for machine‑neural networking. It was first proposed in a white paper by the European Research Institute for Distributed Systems in 2024 as a response to the growing need for lightweight, horizontally scalable services capable of handling high‑velocity IoT and edge‑device traffic. The name combines “HTTP” and “REST” with the Finnish suffix “‑iä”, indicating an inclusive, user‑centric approach.
The core of HTTPRESTiä lies in its datastream extension, which allows a single REST endpoint to serve
System developers can deploy HTTPRESTiä services on standard web servers such as Nginx or Apache, with optional