From c7a3393c7ee9cce0603dbddbcc2612ec868a9d9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Green <alexander.green@logius.nl>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:18:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Broaden trailing slashes to empty path segments

---
 sections/designRules.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sections/designRules.md b/sections/designRules.md
index abddf71..fe794ab 100644
--- a/sections/designRules.md
+++ b/sections/designRules.md
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ https://api.example.org/v1/vergunningen/d285e05c-6b01-45c3-92d8-5e19a946b66f</pr
 
 <span id="api-48"></span>
 <div class="rule" id="/core/no-trailing-slash" data-type="technical">
-   <p class="rulelab">Leave off trailing slashes from URIs</p>
+   <p class="rulelab">Avoid empty path segments from URIs</p>
    <dl>
       <dt>Statement</dt>
       <dd>
-         A [=URI=] MUST NOT contain a trailing slash. When requesting a resource including a trailing slash, this MUST result in a `404` (not found) error response and not a redirect. This forces API consumers to use the correct [=URI=].
+         A [=URI=] MUST NOT contain empty path segments. When requesting a resource including a trailing slash or consecutive slashes, this MUST result in a `404` (not found) error response and not a redirect. This forces API consumers to use the correct [=URI=].
          <div class="note">
             This rule does not apply to the root resource (append <code>/</code> to the service root URL).
          </div>

From f4211e234569ea2edf447d0bdc805337a23f636c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Green <alexander.green@logius.nl>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:40:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] rule id

Co-authored-by: Tim van der Lippe <TimvdLippe@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 sections/designRules.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sections/designRules.md b/sections/designRules.md
index fe794ab..b4482bb 100644
--- a/sections/designRules.md
+++ b/sections/designRules.md
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ https://api.example.org/v1/vergunningen/d285e05c-6b01-45c3-92d8-5e19a946b66f</pr
 </div>
 
 <span id="api-48"></span>
-<div class="rule" id="/core/no-trailing-slash" data-type="technical">
+<span id="/core/no-trailing-slash"></span>
+<div class="rule" id="/core/no-empty-path-segments" data-type="technical">
    <p class="rulelab">Avoid empty path segments from URIs</p>
    <dl>
       <dt>Statement</dt>