Representation/invocation of actions/functions in a hypermedia-driven environment

A system, comprising:

• an interface component stored in a computer readable storage medium configured to receive a request including a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) method and a universal resource locator (URL) including a first portion indicating a resource and a second portion indicating an operation;
• and
• an invocation component configured to, in response to the operation being associated with the resource, invoke the operation on the resource utilizing the HTTP method based on a state of the resource.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing device to perform operations, comprising:

• receiving, from a web client, a request including a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) method and a network resource locator including at least one of a function string that is associated with an instance of a resource or an action string that is associated with the instance;
• and
• in response to associating the at least one of the function string or the action string with a respective operation, invoking the respective operation on the instance using the HTTP method based on a state of the resource.