I once wrote a fairly extensive post on REST API versioning techniques with similar points (lost my backup so wayback machine): http://web.archive.org/web/2016

I once wrote a fairly extensive post on REST API versioning techniques with similar points (lost my backup so wayback machine): http://web.archive.org/web/20160407080723/http://stucharlton.com/blog/archives/2010/03/versioning-restful-web-resources---a-survey.html http://web.archive.org/web/20160407080723/http://stucharlton... In short, we really seem to have forgotten the power of backward and forward compatibility because we assume a very short lifespan for our services (months, not decades).