URI Template - draft-gregorio-uritemplate-01
http://bitworking.org/projects/URI-Templates/draft-gregorio-uritemplate-01.html
"URI Templates are strings that can be transformed into URIs after embedded variables are substituted. This document defines the syntax and processing of URI Templates."
Joe Gregorio | BitWorking | REST Tips: Prefer following links over URI construction
http://bitworking.org/news/141/REST-Tips-Prefer-following-links-over-URI-construction
"Note that the client doesn't get to 'know' how to construct employee URIs from employee-ids, instead it just follows links from the employee list to each employee resource."