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**Summary** This final PR in the "orig_elements" series adds the needful such that `.metadata.orig_elements`, when present on a chunk (element), is serialized to JSON when the chunk is serialized, for instance, to be used in an HTTP response payload. It also provides for deserializing such a JSON payload into chunks that contain the `.orig_elements` metadata. **Additional Context** Note that `.metadata.orig_elements` is always `Optional[list[Element]]` when in memory. However, those original elements are serialized as Base64-encoded gzipped JSON and are in that form (str) when present as JSON or as "element-dicts" which is an intermediate serialization/deserialization format. That is, serialization is `Element -> dict -> JSON` and deserialization is `JSON -> dict -> Element` and `.orig_elements` are Base64-encoded in both the `dict` and `JSON` forms. --------- Co-authored-by: scanny <scanny@users.noreply.github.com>