[OASIS Issue Tracker] (ODATA-1125) Define by-value/reference expectations for action/function payloads.

George Ericson created ODATA-1125:
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             Summary: Define by-value/reference expectations for action/function payloads.
                 Key: ODATA-1125
                 URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/ODATA-1125
             Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: CSDL JSON , CSDL XML, Protocol
         Environment: Schema and protocol 
            Reporter: George Ericson


Descriptions of parameters and return types do not explain expectations for references to Entities.  
The metamodel + vocabulary for CSDL allows three types of encodings:
•	By-reference, represented as a string containing a URL that references the resource.
•	By-reference, represented as an object containing a partial copy of the resource  that includes just the @odata.id meta property with a value that is a string containing a URL that references the resource.
•	By-value, represented as an object containing a copy of the resource.

For parameters and return-types, the question is which of these are expected in a payload.




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