title: RESTful Services - WSDL Equivalent
body: <p>I have been reading about REST and SOAP, and understand why implementing REST can be beneficial over using a SOAP protocol.  However, I still don't understand why there isn't the "WSDL" equivalent in the REST world.  I have seen posts saying there is "no need" for the WSDL or that it would be redundant In the REST world, but I don't understand why.  Isn't it always useful to programmatically bind to a definition and create proxy classes instead of manually coding?  I don't mean to get into a philosophical debate, just looking for the reason there is no WSDL in REST, or why it is not needed.  Thanks.</p>