Why use REST vs SOAP?

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7. What is OData v3?
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2. #browser
3. #clients
4. #predominant
5. #reads
6. #support
7. #stateless
8. #performance
9. #better
10. #formats
11. #bandwidth
12. #unlike
13. #cached
14. #scalability
15. #designed
16. #verbose
17. #supports
18. #means
19. #makes