Can anyone provide a good explanation of CURIEs and how to use them?

Can anyone provide a good explanation of CURIEs and how to use them?

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Design RESTful API using HAL - serialize model relationships

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Why is the HTTP location header only set for POST requests/201 (Created) responses?

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How to add additional attributes to links using Spring Hateoas and HAL?

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Spring returns Resource in pure JSON not in HAL Format when including spring data rest

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Save related entities spring data rest HAL-JSON

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SPRING-DATA-REST Backend with AngularJS frontend

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