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explicitly state /children may return fewer fields for its entities #273

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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
- The required Link Relations and endpoints for each conformance class now use the wording of 'shall'
instead of 'should'. While this technically changes the semantics, it was generally understood
previously the semantics were those of 'shall' (must).
- Explicitly state that the `/children` endpoint can return Catalog and Collection objects that have fewer
fields than are available through other endpoints.

### Deprecated

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Expand Up @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ the immediate children of a Catalog, which may be Catalog or Collection objects.
While the `child` link relations in a Catalog already allow for describing these
relationships, this scheme requires a client to retrieve each resource URL to find any information about
the children (e.g., title, description), which can cause significant performance issues in user-facing
applications.
applications. Implementers may choose to to return only a subset of fields for each Catalog or Collection,
but the objects must still be valid Catalogs and Collections.

## Link Relations

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