OData JSON Format Version 4.0 Errata 01

Committee Specification Draft 01 /
Public Review Draft 01

24 July 2014

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Technical Committee:

OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC

Chairs:

Ralf Handl (ralf.handl@sap.com), SAP AG

Ram Jeyaraman (Ram.Jeyaraman@microsoft.com), Microsoft

Editors:

Ralf Handl (ralf.handl@sap.com), SAP AG

Michael Pizzo (mikep@microsoft.com), Microsoft

Martin Zurmuehl (martin.zurmuehl@sap.com), SAP AG

Additional artifacts:

This prose specification is one component of a Work Product that also includes:

·         OData JSON Format Version 4.0 Plus Errata 01. Edited by Ralf Handl, Michael Pizzo, Martin Zurmuehl, and Mark Biamonte. 24 July 2014. OASIS Standard incorporating Public Review Draft 01 of Errata 01. http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-json-format/v4.0/errata01/csprd01/odata-json-format-v4.0-errata01-csprd01-complete.html.

·         Change-marked (redlined) version. OData JSON Format Version 4.0 Plus Errata 01 (redlined). Edited by Ralf Handl, Michael Pizzo, Martin Zurmuehl, and Mark Biamonte. 24 July 2014. OASIS Standard incorporating Public Review Draft 01 of Errata 01. http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-json-format/v4.0/errata01/csprd01/odata-json-format-v4.0-errata01-csprd01-redlined.html.

Related work:

This specification lists Errata for:

·         OData JSON Format Version 4.0. Edited by Ralf Handl, Michael Pizzo, and Mark Biamonte. OASIS Standard. 24 February 2014. http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-json-format/v4.0/os/odata-json-format-v4.0-os.html.

This specification is related to:

·         OData Version 4.0. OASIS Standard. Multi-part Work Product that includes:

o    OData Version 4.0 Part 1: Protocol. http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/os/part1-protocol/odata-v4.0-os-part1-protocol.html.

o    OData Version 4.0 Part 2: URL Conventions. http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/os/part2-url-conventions/odata-v4.0-os-part2-url-conventions.html.

o    OData Version 4.0 Part 3: Common Schema Definition Language (CSDL). http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/os/part3-csdl/odata-v4.0-os-part3-csdl.html.

o    ABNF components: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/os/abnf/

o    Vocabulary components: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/os/vocabularies/

o    XML schemas: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/os/schemas/

o    OData Metadata Service Entity Model: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/os/models/MetadataService.edmx.

·         OData Atom Format Version 4.0. Edited by Martin Zurmuehl, Michael Pizzo, and Ralf Handl. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-atom-format/v4.0/odata-atom-format-v4.0.html.

Abstract:

This document lists Errata for the OASIS Standard OData JSON Format Version 4.0.

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OData JSON Format Version 4.0 Errata 01. Edited by Ralf Handl, Michael Pizzo, and Martin Zurmuehl. 24 July 2014. OASIS Committee Specification Draft 01 / Public Review Draft 01. http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-json-format/v4.0/errata01/csprd01/odata-json-format-v4.0-errata01-csprd01.html. Latest version: http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata-json-format/v4.0/errata01/odata-json-format-v4.0-errata01.html.

 

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Table of Contents

1        Introduction. 5

1.1 Normative References. 5

2        Changes to OData JSON Format 6

Appendix A.       Acknowledgments. 8

Appendix B.       Revision History. 9

 

 


1      Introduction

This document lists the approved changes to the OData JSON Format Version 4.0.

An additional document containing the final specification text with these changes applied is also available and linked in section "Additional artifacts" on the title page.

1.1 Normative References

[OData-Protocol]     OData Version 4.0 Part 1: Protocol.
See link in “Related work” section on cover page.

 

2      Changes to OData JSON Format

Section

Issue

Comment

1.2 Normative References

599

Updated reference to GeoJSON, now IETF draft

600

New reference to I-JSON IETF draft

598

Updated reference to latest JSON RFC

2 JSON Format Design

598

Updated reference to latest JSON RFC

3.1 Controlling the Amount of Control Information in Responses

668

Slight rewording

3.1.1 odata.metadata=minimal

668

Superfluous blank

669

odata.metadataEtag was missing in bullet list

3.2 Controlling the Representation of Numbers

600

Refer to I-JSON. I-JSON compliance already given by spec text, now explicitly mentioned

4.5 Control Information

657

Mention changes in subsections

668

Rewording

4.5.1 Annotation odata.context

657

Rephrased for requests vs. responses

4.5.3 Annotation odata.type

 

657

Rephrased for requests vs. responses

707

Clarified type determinism for numeric values

4.5.4 Annotation odata.count

607

Rephrased, corrected cross-reference

4.5.7 Annotation odata.id

 

657

Rephrased for responses, added section numbers to cross references

708

Rephrase for minimal metadata and omitted key properties

4.5.8 Annotation odata.editLink and odata.readLink

657

Rephrased for requests vs. responses

4.5.9 Annotation odata.etag

657

Rephrased for requests vs. responses

4.5.10 Annotation odata.navigationLink and odata.associationLink

657

Rephrased for requests vs. responses

4.5.11 Annotation odata.media*

657

Rephrased for requests vs. responses

7.1 Primitive Value

597

Clarified geometry/geography representation

675

Symbolic enumeration values are preferred, numeric values still allowed

592

Typo in example

7.2 Complex Value

587

Explicitly mention edge case of no properties

8.4 Deep Insert

644

Fleshed out example

11 Individual Property

637

Also covers operation responses

14 Delta Request

668

Rewording

704

Added missing comma in example 30

14.1 Added/Changed Entity

 

638

Called out independence from odata.metadata value

678

Clarified deltas with dependent properties

14.2 Deleted Entity

 

638

Called out independence from odata.metadata value

678

Clarified deltas with expanded deletes

14.3 Added Link

638

Called out independence from odata.metadata value

14.4 Deleted Link

638

Called out independence from odata.metadata value

19 Error Response

724

Added missing comma to non-normative code example

Appendix A. Acknowledgments

The contributions of the OASIS OData Technical Committee members, enumerated in [OData-Protocol], are gratefully acknowledged.

Appendix B. Revision History

Revision

Date

Editor

Changes Made

WD01

2014-05-16

Ralf Handl

First Version