[numbsafari]

Yeah, one option is to use a different content-type for your json-patch values and basically extend JSON Patch[1] to use JSON Path[2] instead of JSON Pointer[3].

[1] https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6902

[2] https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9535

[3] https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6901