[spankalee]

Given that the prevailing sentiment is that REST is self-describing and the API description doc is unnecessary, are there any examples of client generators that work directly off of a REST service?

I'm curious how this works in practice. What about authorization and parts of the API that are only available to certain users, does the client generator need to be authenticated? Are there standards for describing the meta-data associated with URLs (validation, optional parameters, etc.)?