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by BinaryIdiot 3882 days ago
> The profile page is the resource (or a representation of the resource) identified by the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) used to access the profile page. This is true, pretty much by definition. > Whatever is designed as part of that page, and is also a resource, is a subresource.

No that's not true at all. Your API design should not influence the user experience but the other way around and you're unlikely to change models should you have more optimal ways to presenting things.

On paper? Sure but I've never seen anything able to be split so nicely as you describe.