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 * [API Discoverability](discoverability.md)
 * [Compatibility](compatibility.md)
 * [API Extensions](extensions.md)
+* [Pagination and Filtering](pagination_filtering.md)
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+Pagination and Filtering
+========================
+
+This topic document serves to provide guidance on how to handle the pagination of large result sets and the best ways to provide filtering capabilities in a project's public REST API.
+
+Pagination
+----------
+
+**TODO** Discuss the methods currently used to paginate in OpenStack APIs.
+
+**TODO** Make a proposal/decision on the recommended way to implement
+pagination.
+
+Filtering
+---------
+
+**TODO** Discuss the methods currently used to filter in OpenStack APIs.
+
+**TODO** Make a proposal/decision on the recommended way to implement
+filtering.