I would expect in such cases that JSON Merge Patch, and its media type, would be used to head off bikeshedding discussions. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7

I would expect in such cases that JSON Merge Patch, and its media type, would be used to head off bikeshedding discussions. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7396.html https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7396.html