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The biggest reason for me is that it's less data to send over a network. Especially when I'm working with lists of objects, including null fields can add a noticeable chunk to the payload.
There are some cases where it might be worth it to differentiate "No value" and "No attribute", but in most cases they can be treated the same, since the data should really be validated against a schema anyway.
Depends on the application. When the user is able to set the schema via database, then you cannot assume the shape of the data.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean.
Yeah, nevermind, I didn't know what I wrote either. I need my sleep lol.