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Expand Up @@ -354,6 +354,39 @@ A `Collection` **MAY** have the following:
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## <a href="#document-components-collection" id="document-components-collection" class="headerlink"></a> Sparse Field Sets (Optional)
Server **MAY** support an ability to return only specific fields requested by client.
* `fields`: query string parameter comma delimited list of fields. May include nested json fields using json pointers
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Suggest "json pointers" is a link to https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901

Has the same attributes as Collection type except resource items are limited to only requested fields.
```json
{
"@id": "/users?fields=/given_name,/address/zip",
"@type": "Collection",
"items": [
{
"@id": "/users/1",
"@type": "User",
"given_name": "Hubert",
"address": {
"zip": "90094"
}
},
{
"@id": "/users/1",
"@type": "User",
"given_name": "Philip",
"address":{
"zip": "90094"
}
},
...
],
"total_items": 20
}
```



## <a href="#document-entry-point" id="document-entry-point" class="headerlink"></a> Entry Point

An `EntryPoint` is a type of [node](#document-components-node) used to represent a resource that clients can use to get more information about an API and provide [links](#document-components-link-collection) to traverse.
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