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Reference to API documentation/help

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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
api, documentation

Research direction

Review the API guidelines and the cited RFC 5988 and Microsoft API Guidelines reference to determine the intended documentation change. Clarify how services should expose resource help through a Link header, then update the relevant guideline text and verify that the example and references are accurate.

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services SHOULD include a Link header (see RFC 5988) to point to documentation for the resource in question.

Link: <{help}>; rel="help"

RFC 5988:

Relation Name: help
Description: Refers to a resource offering help (more information, links to other sources information, etc.)

Reference: https://github.com/Microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/master/Guidelines.md#744-options-and-link-headers

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