[OASIS Issue Tracker] (ODATA-642) $select wording clarification; specify, rather than restrict, set of properties

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Michael Pizzo created ODATA-642:
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             Summary: $select wording clarification; specify, rather than restrict, set of properties
                 Key: ODATA-642
                 URL: https://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/ODATA-642
             Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: OData URL Conventions 
    Affects Versions: V4.0_OS
         Environment: [Proposed]
            Reporter: Michael Pizzo
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: V4.0_ERRATA01


http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.0/os/part2-url-conventions/odata-v4.0-os-part2-url-conventions.html#_Toc372793861
specifies that: "The $select system query option allows clients to requests a limited set of properties for each entity or complex type."

Since, in the absence of a $select, we allow the service to choose a default set of properties to return, $select can be used not only to restrict but also to expand the set of properties to be selected.

Some readers have been concerned that "limited" corresponds to the default set, as opposed to the available properties.




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