But what about reimplementing the same concept over and over again? Like if your API returns tables, then you need to invent a format, write documentation inste

But what about reimplementing the same concept over and over again? Like if your API returns tables, then you need to invent a format, write documentation instead of linking to it etc. On the other hand, such standarizations tend to become overengineered monstrosities that no one wants to use in the real world. An example of this seems to be JSON HAL which I decided is too complex to implement in an API. [0] http://stateless.co/hal_specification.html http://stateless.co/hal_specification.html