Link headers vs link elements for RESTful JSON

Question

When building a RESTful / hypermedia API with JSON resources, it seems I have two options for specifying the hypermedia relationships between resources.

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Answer 1

You can't compress headers. If you have a lot of links. That might make a difference.

Providing context for a link. Link headers have the anchor attribute, but there is no standardized fragment path syntax so YMMV.

Off the top of my head I can't think of any other pros/cons.