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		esafak on Nov 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to (and how not to) design REST APIs Obviously if it was global, but if not, you'd include it in the objects in the array, no? This is not a question of schema evolution per se.

layer8 on Nov 1, 2023 [–]

Yes. The TFA argument is about top-level information, for example when paging through a collection. Personally I think HTTP headers could fit the purpose for such meta information.

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