diff --git a/draft/examples/data-extension-response/valid/example-dir.json b/draft/examples/data-extension-response/valid/example-dir.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..628c0b2
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+++ b/draft/examples/data-extension-response/valid/example-dir.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "meta": [
+    {
+      "id": "Len",
+      "name": "Label (for language code 'en')"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "Afa",
+      "name": "Also known as (for language code 'fa')"
+    }
+  ],
+  "rows": [
+    {
+      "id": "Q37093",
+      "dir": "ltr",
+      "properties": [
+        {
+          "id": "Len",
+          "values": [
+            {
+              "str": "Yahoo!"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "Afa",
+          "values": [
+            {
+              "str": "یاهو!",
+              "dir": "rtl"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/draft/index.html b/draft/index.html
index 3ea52e6..ebe84f9 100644
--- a/draft/index.html
+++ b/draft/index.html
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ <h3>Service Manifest</h3>
           <dd>An <a>security scheme</a>, supplied if the service supports <a href="#authentication">authentication</a>.</dd>
           <dt><code>lang</code></dt>
           <dd>An optional value for the default <a href="#text-processing-language">text-processing language</a> used by this service.</dd>
+          <dt><code>dir</code></dt>
+          <dd>An optional value for the default <a href="#text-direction">text direction</a> used by this service.</dd>
         </dl>
       </p>
       <p>For instance, a service could expose the following minimal service manifest:
@@ -953,6 +955,23 @@ <h3>Text-processing language</h3>
         </p>
 
       </section>
+      <section>
+        <h3>Text direction</h3>
+
+        <p>All objects returned by reconciliation services (entities, types, properties, candidates, features, etc.) MAY declare an explicit text <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/articles/inline-bidi-markup/uba-basics">
+        base direction</a> in a <code>dir</code> field. The <code>dir</code> value MUST be <code>ltr</code> for left-to-right, <code>rtl</code> for right-to-left, or <code>auto</code> for determining the direction by examining the content of each JSON field.
+        This base direction applies to the natural language fields of the object: <code>name</code> and <code>description</code> (for candidates etc.), <code>v</code> and <code>str</code> (for <a>property values</a>).
+        Nested objects inherit the base direction of their parent, and can override it by setting their own <code>dir</code> value. A default base direction for any natural language string returned or processed by a service MAY be set in the <code>dir</code> field of the
+        <a href="#service-manifest">service manifest</a>. If no explicit base direction is given, left-to-right is considered the default base direction. Clients SHOULD consider the base direction to ensure correct rendering of content, e.g. by setting corresponding <code>dir</code> attributes when rendering JSON responses in HTML.
+        For instance, rendering a Persian label for 'Yahoo!' like <code>یاهو!</code> right-to-left will correctly display as <code dir="rtl">یاهو!</code>.</p>
+
+        <p>In the following example, we first set the base direction for a data extension response row to <code>ltr</code>, which is inherited by the first property, and overridden in the second property with <code>rtl</code>:</p>
+
+        <p>
+          <pre data-include="examples/data-extension-response/valid/example-dir.json" class="example json"></pre>
+        </p>
+
+      </section>
     </section>
     <section>
       <h2>Accessibility Considerations</h2>
diff --git a/draft/schemas/data-extension-response.json b/draft/schemas/data-extension-response.json
index e2715c4..22e9db7 100644
--- a/draft/schemas/data-extension-response.json
+++ b/draft/schemas/data-extension-response.json
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
                           },
                           "lang": {
                             "type": "string"
+                          },
+                          "dir": {
+                            "type": "string"
                           }
                         },
                         "required": [
@@ -98,6 +101,9 @@
                           },
                           "lang": {
                             "type": "string"
+                          },
+                          "dir": {
+                            "type": "string"
                           }
                         },
                         "required": [