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December 5, 2024 in Blog

Evolving OpenAPI in a Multi-Specification Initiative

When people say “OpenAPI”, they are usually referring to the OpenAPI Specification, the API description language that helps us publish and consume APIs. The OpenAPI Specification is at the center…
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December 4, 2024 in Blog

AVAP Framework has just joined OpenAPI as a member!

We’re excited to announce that AVAP Framework has joined the OpenAPI as a member. AVAP Framework, API Lifecycle Management Platform, is a suite of products and services that streamlines the…
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November 29, 2024 in Blog

OpenAPI Community Heroes – Karen Etheridge

Welcome to the next installment of our series of posts on people we consider to be heroes of the OpenAPI community. These people go above and beyond to contribute to…
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October 30, 2024 in Blog

OpenAPI Initiative Newsletter – October 2024

Welcome to the OpenAPI Initiative October 2024 Newsletter, our regular round-up of the latest stories from across the OpenAPI landscape. Initiative News Hot on the heels of the Arazzo Specification…
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October 25, 2024 in Blog

Announcing OpenAPI Specification versions 3.0.4 and 3.1.1

Hot on the heels of our Overlay 1.0.0 announcement, the OpenAPI Initiative is pleased to announce a patch release of the 3.0 and 3.1 OpenAPI Specifications! In patch releases, no…
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October 22, 2024 in Blog

Announcing OpenAPI Overlay Specification 1.0.0

The OpenAPI Initiative is proud to announce the publication of the OpenAPI Overlay Specification version 1.0.0. The Overlay Specification is an auxiliary standard to complement the existing OpenAPI specification. An…
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September 17, 2024 in Blog

OpenAPI Community Heroes – Lorna Mitchell

Welcome to the next installment of our series of posts on people we consider to be heroes of the OpenAPI community. These people go above and beyond to contribute to…
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August 27, 2024 in Blog

OpenAPI Initiative Newsletter – August 2024

Welcome to the OpenAPI Initiative August 2024 Newsletter, our regular round-up of the latest stories from across the OpenAPI landscape. It’s vacation season in the northern hemisphere, but there is…
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July 25, 2024 in Blog

OpenAPI Community Heroes – Frank Kilcommins

Welcome to the next installment of our series of posts on people we consider to be heroes of the OpenAPI community. These people go above and beyond to contribute to…
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July 19, 2024 in Blog

A Buy-now, Pay-later Use Case for Arazzo

Buy-now, Pay-later - An Example Use Case for the Arazzo Specification The continued growth of the API economy presents us with an ever-increasing number of APIs we use in building…
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June 7, 2024 in Blog

OpenAPI Initiative Newsletter – June 2024

Welcome to the OpenAPI Initiative June 2024 Newsletter, our regular round-up of the latest stories from across the OpenAPI landscape. Initiative News We are excited to announce version 1.0.0 of…
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June 5, 2024 in Blog, News

OpenAPI Community Heroes – Henry Andrews

This is the first in our series of features on people we consider OpenAPI community heroes.
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May 29, 2024 in Announcement, Blog

Meeting Orchestration Needs with Arazzo

Today we are delighted to announce the release of Arazzo, a new OpenAPI Initiative specification designed to describe sequences of API calls to meet the orchestration needs of API providers…
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April 4, 2024 in Blog, News

OpenAPI Initiative Newsletter – April 2024

Welcome to the OpenAPI Initiative (OAI) April 2024 Newsletter! This is our new, regular round-up of the latest stories from across the OpenAPI landscape. We aim to keep you in…
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December 4, 2023 in Announcement, Blog, News

OpenAPI Moonwalk 2024

What comes next for the OpenAPI Specification? How will v4 improve on the success of OpenAPI v3? What can the spec help solve problems in the context of AI and…
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November 6, 2023 in Announcement, Blog, Events

Apidays Paris 2023 – with an OpenAPI Track – is Coming This December!

The OpenAPI Specification is an integral part of software development and delivery of APIs. In 2023, we have been joining multiple API related conferences to connect directly with API users…
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September 7, 2023 in Blog, Events

Join Us at apidays Australia 2023 for a Full-Day OAI Track

The OpenAPI Specification is an integral part of development and delivery of APIs. In 2023, we are joining multiple API related conferences to connect directly with API users and enthusiasts…
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August 31, 2023 in Blog

Case Study: Using the OpenAPI Specification for Integrating SaaS Applications and Scaling Up to Hundreds of API Providers

Guest blog post by Donald Atha, Software Architect, BetterCloud One of the biggest challenges facing IT teams today is the increase in tedious and repetitive tasks driven by the explosive…
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July 13, 2023 in Announcement, Blog

WireMock, Venture Funded Open Source API Mock Platform, Joins OpenAPI Initiative as New Member

The OpenAPI Initiative, the consortium of forward-looking industry experts focused on creating, evolving, and promoting the OpenAPI Specification (OAS), is announcing today that WireMock has joined as a new member.…
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June 13, 2023 in Blog

WebAssembly and Career Networking at Gluecon

Guest Author: Tony Blank Tony is an experienced software developer with an interest in web design, web marketing, customer integration, and software IT including networking, data center management, and sysadmin.…
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March 8, 2023 in Blog, News

Tools That Support OpenAPI Specification

Over the last 18 months we’ve been looking at how we can better capture data on the OpenAPI ecosystem with particular focus on tooling - what tool makers are doing,…
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February 1, 2023 in Blog

Why the Largest Geospatial Organization in the World Uses the OpenAPI Specification

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) recently announced that OGC API - Tiles was adopted as an official OGC Standard. The OGC is a collective problem-solving community of experts from more…
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December 22, 2022 in Blog

Bump.sh, API Contract Management Platform, Joins the OpenAPI Initiative

The OpenAPI Initiative, the consortium of forward-looking industry experts focused on evolving and implementing the OpenAPI Specification (OAS), is announcing that Bump.sh has joined as a new member. Welcome! Bump.sh…
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December 21, 2022 in Blog

Noname Security, API Security Company, Joins the OpenAPI Initiative

The OpenAPI Initiative is announcing today that Noname Security has joined as a new member. Welcome! According to recent research commissioned by Noname Security, API Security Trends in 2022, 76%…
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December 20, 2022 in Blog

ASC 2022 in San Francisco 🌉 by the Numbers

This year’s API Specifications Conference (ASC), organized by the OpenAPI Initiative, set a record for submissions for talks, won the CHAOSS Gold badge for Diversity and Inclusion, was rated excellent…
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December 6, 2022 in Blog, Events

First Time Ever! OpenAPI Track at APIDays Paris – Join us!

The OpenAPI Initiative is hosting an OpenAPI track at APIDays Paris on December 14, 2022.  To register, see: https://www.apidays.global/paris#agenda  As a member of the OAI community, you can register with…
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October 18, 2022 in Blog

Cisco Joins OpenAPI Initiative

OpenAPI Initiative continues strong pace of membership growth; 45 current members include Atlassian, Bloomberg, eBay, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Postman, SAP, SmartBear, and many more SAN FRANCISCO – October 18,…
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August 5, 2022 in Blog

ASC 2022 Community Partner Sponsorships Free to Members!

Join us at The API Specifications Conference (ASC) this September 19-21 in South San Francisco! ASC 2022 is a place for API practitioners to come together and discuss the evolution…
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June 9, 2022 in Announcement, Blog, Events

JOIN US AT ASC 2022! 

The API Specification Conference - ASC 2022 - is being held in person from September 19 - 21 in South San Francisco! OpenAPI Initiative’s API Specifications Conference (ASC) is a…
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May 31, 2022 in Blog

APIIDA, Delivering Automated API Management Solutions, Joins the OpenAPI Initiative

The OpenAPI Initiative, the consortium of forward-looking industry experts focused on evolving and implementing the OpenAPI Specification (OAS), is welcoming APIIDA as a new member. APIIDA provides an API management…
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May 24, 2022 in Blog

Karate Labs, Testing Automation Framework, is Joining the OpenAPI Initiative

The OpenAPI Initiative, the consortium of forward-looking industry experts focused on evolving and implementing the OpenAPI Specification (OAS), is announcing that Karate Labs has joined as a new member. 5900…
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May 11, 2022 in Blog

OpenAPI v3.1 Resources for Tooling Developers 

This post is authored by Phil Sturgeon, Green Tech consultant at Green Turtle, and Chairperson, Protect Earth. If you’d like to donate to Phil’s charity of choice, please see Protect Earth which…
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May 4, 2022 in Blog

OpenAPI Welcomes New Member Optic

The OpenAPI Initiative, the consortium of forward-looking industry experts focused on evolving and implementing the OpenAPI Specifications (OAS), is welcoming Optic as a new member! Optic’s open source tools help…
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April 24, 2022 in Blog

Announcing the API Specifications Conference (ASC) 2022 Early Bird Submission Deadline

The fourth API Specifications Conference (ASC) will take place from September 19th through September 21st. We’re delighted to be back in-person this year after two years of having a virtual-only…
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April 24, 2022 in Blog

API Specifications Conference (ASC) 2022 – Call for Proposals

After a fantastic inaugural event in 2019, successful virtual events in 2020 and 2021, the API Specifications Conference (ASC) is back in-person in 2022, from September 19th through September 21st.…
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March 28, 2022 in Blog

Flotiq, API-First Content Management Platform, Joins OpenAPI Initiative

The OpenAPI Initiative, the consortium of forward-looking industry experts focused on evolving and implementing the OpenAPI Specification (OAS), is announcing that Flotiq has joined as a new member. Flotiq is…
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February 10, 2022 in Blog

Treblle, API Monitoring and Analytics, Is OpenAPI’s Newest Member

The OpenAPI Initiative, the consortium of forward-looking industry experts focused on evolving and implementing the OpenAPI Specification (OAS), is announcing today that Treblle has joined as a new member.  Treblle…
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December 16, 2021 in Blog

This Year’s API Specification Conference (ASC 2021) by the Numbers

This year’s API Specifications Conference (ASC) organized by the OpenAPI initiative was held virtually from September 28 through 29, 2021. The conference continues to grow by leaps and bounds and…
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December 9, 2021 in Blog

ReadMe, API Documentation Hub, Joins OpenAPI Initiative

The OpenAPI Initiative, the consortium of forward-looking industry experts focused on evolving and implementing the OpenAPI Specification (OAS), is announcing today that ReadMe has joined as a new member.  With…
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November 3, 2021 in Blog

Announcing Open Finance, a New OpenAPI Special Interest Group

OpenAPI has formed a Special Interest Group (SIG) for the purpose of identifying the API use cases and behaviors to empower Open Finance solutions in the near future. Open Finance…
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October 25, 2021 in Blog

A Good Travel Experience Begins with One Single Booking Portal – How Open APIs Are Leading the Way

For more information on the OpenAPI Initiative and #sig-travel, join the conversation on Slack. https://open-api.slack.com/archives/C0122NPKUR2 Today’s traveler is increasingly shopping for an experience, not just a seat on a plane…
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September 23, 2021 in Announcement, Blog

Kubeshop, Accelerator/Incubator for Kubernetes, Joins OpenAPI Initiative

The OpenAPI Initiative, the consortium of forward-looking industry experts focused on evolving and implementing the OpenAPI Specification (OAS), is announcing today that Kubeshop.io has joined as a new member. Kubeshop’s…
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September 22, 2021 in Blog, Events

Arnaud Lauret, the API Handyman, Covers His Top 4 Must-Attend Sessions at ASC 2021

We talked with Arnaud Lauret, well known as the API Handyman and author of The Design of Web APIs, to find out more about the upcoming ASC 2021 (Sept 28-29). …
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September 13, 2021 in Announcement, Blog

Eliminating Technological Barriers with OpenAPI New Member apiplatform.io

The OpenAPI Initiative welcomes apiplatform.io, a productivity management platform that allows users to build and manage backend applications with no code. With apiplatform.io, users can create and host fully functional…
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August 24, 2021 in Blog, Events

The State of API Development and the Upcoming ASC 2021 – A closeup with Mandy Whaley, Azure Dev Tools, Microsoft

ASC 2021 is being held virtually Sept 28-29 this year with an incredible array of API experts, users, and enthusiasts. OpenAPI Specification (OAS), RAML, Blueprint, gRPC, OData, JSON Schema, GraphQL,…
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August 23, 2021 in Blog

JSON Schema bundling finally formalised

This article was first published on the JSON Schema Blog and is canonically located at https://json-schema.org/blog/posts/bundling-json-schema-compound-documents I’ve been known to say “If you haven’t rewritten your OpenAPI bundling implementation recently, then…
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July 22, 2021 in Announcement, Blog

APIAddicts Joins OpenAPI Initiative

Welcome to APIAddicts! APIAddicts boasts one of the largest communities of API practitioners with an extensive international presence in Spanish-speaking countries including Spain, Perú and México with 5,000+ APIAddicts worldwide,…
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July 21, 2021 in Announcement, Blog

OAI Additional Leadership Job Posting

The OpenAPI Initiative (OAI) is looking for three individuals to fill three separate year-long contracts to help lead the conversation around the leading API specification. We are looking for three…
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July 15, 2021 in Blog

An OpenAPI Interview with Marc-André Giroux of Github

By Kin Lane, Chief Evangelist at Postman, and Co-Chair of the OpenAPI Initiative (OAI) Business Governance Board (BGB) I recently sat down with Marc-André Giroux, Staff Developer at GitHub about…
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June 16, 2021 in Announcement, Blog

OpenAPI Initiative Welcomes RapidAPI

RapidAPI is joining the OpenAPI Initiative! RapidAPI helps developers find, manage, and test APIs. They provide an API Marketplace for developers to discover and connect to thousands of public APIs.…
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June 3, 2021 in Announcement

BetterCloud Joins OpenAPI Initiative

BetterCloud is joining the OpenAPI Initiative! BetterCloud is a SaaS management platform (SMP) that provides IT professionals with a solution to discover, manage and secure the growing stack of SaaS…
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May 20, 2021 in Blog

Announcing the API Specifications Conference (ASC) Early Bird Submission Deadline

The third API Specifications Conference (ASC) will take place on September 28th and 29th. This year as part of the call for proposals we’re going to be accepting and announcing…
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April 27, 2021 in Announcement, Blog

Checkly, API Monitoring and Automation, Joins OpenAPI Initiative

Customer base already heavily utilizing OpenAPI Specification, Checkly “doubling down” on open source with increased contributions to projects like Headless Recorder and monitoring-as-code SAN FRANCISCO – April 27, 2021 –…
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April 15, 2021 in Blog

ASC 2021 Call For Proposals!

After a successful virtual event last year, we are back again this fall. Mark your calendar for the return of the API Specifications Conference (ASC), this year as an all-digital…
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April 13, 2021 in Blog

Leveraging the OpenAPI Specification in Financial Services – The Story of Plaid’s OpenAPI Journey

Written by Kin Lane, Chief Evangelist, Postman The complexity of providing financial services to businesses and consumers in today’s business climate is hard to overstate. APIs are a critical component…
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March 11, 2021 in Announcement, Blog

OpenAPI Initiative Welcomes Level 250 as Newest Member

Level 250 is joining the OpenAPI Initiative! Level 250 is a consulting organization that helps companies large and small improve their Product Strategies around SaaS, APIs and Developer-focused Tools: https://www.level250.com…
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March 10, 2021 in Blog

OpenAPI meets SLA

This post is authored by Dr. Pedro J. Molina, Founder at Metadev & Member at ISA Group, University of Seville. The Special Interest Group on SLAs inside OpenAPI is working…
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February 18, 2021 in Announcement, Blog

OpenAPI Specification 3.1.0 Released

OpenAPI developer community and JSON Schema community work together to build upgrade that supports 100% compatibility with the latest draft of JSON Schema SAN FRANCISCO – February 18, 2021 –…
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February 17, 2021 in Blog

OpenAPI 3.1 Confoo Pass Give-away

Coming Soon to An API Near You – OpenAPI Specification (OAS) 3.1.0! Do you remember the old days when seeing a trailer to an upcoming movie filled you with excitement…
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February 16, 2021 in Blog

Migrating from OpenAPI 3.0 to 3.1.0

This post is authored by Phil Sturgeon, product manager, Stoplight, and Chairperson, Protect Earth. If you'd like to donate to Phil's charity of choice, please see Protect Earth which is…
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February 16, 2021 in Announcement, Blog

OpenAPI Initiative Welcomes Ambassador Labs as Newest Member

Ambassador Labs enables application developers to ship software faster on Kubernetes. The company's Kubernetes-native API gateway offers an open source development kit to develop, manage, and monitor microservice architectures, enabling…
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February 11, 2021 in Announcement, Blog

OpenAPI Welcomes New Member High School Technology Services

The OpenAPI Initiative, the consortium of forward-looking industry experts focused on creating, evolving, and promoting the OpenAPI Specification (OAS), a vendor-neutral, open description format for RESTful APIs, is announcing today…
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February 9, 2021 in Announcement, Blog

Vonage Joins OpenAPI Initiative

Press release from Vonage Vonage, a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, announced today that it has joined the OpenAPI Initiative, a consortium of forward-looking industry experts…
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December 15, 2020 in Blog

From APIDays Paris: OpenAPI 3.1 Coming Soon

Originally posted in the LORNAJANE Blog - Thank you, Lorna! What's New in OpenAPI 3.1 With OpenAPI 3.1 coming "soon", I gave a talk at APIDays Paris about what to…
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December 14, 2020 in Announcement, Blog

Band Protocol Becomes First Blockchain Firm To Join OpenAPI Initiative

Press Release from Band Protocol: Bangkok - 14 Dec 2020: Sequoia-backed cross-chain data oracle Band Protocol, has joined the OpenAPI Initiative as the first blockchain firm alongside Google, eBay and…
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November 4, 2020 in Blog

ASC 2020 Online – Don’t ASC, Still Learn

The OpenAPI Initiative held its 2nd annual API Specifications Conference (ASC) online, September 9 - 10, 2020. A reimagined version of the famous APIStrat Conference, ASC continues to evolve and…
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October 23, 2020 in Blog

Implementer’s Draft (OAS 3.1 RC1) Available for Feedback – Please Respond by Nov 8!

Request to the community! Please review RC1, implement it, and share with us your feedback by November 8th. The final version should come shortly after that. Release candidate 1 (RC1)…
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October 21, 2020 in Announcement, Blog

OpenAPI Welcomes New Member Osaango

The OpenAPI Initiative, the consortium of forward-looking industry experts focused on creating, evolving, and promoting the OpenAPI Specification (OAS), a vendor-neutral, open description format for RESTful APIs, is announcing today…
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September 24, 2020 in Blog

OpenAPI is People!

During the 2020 API Specifications Conference, influential members of the OpenAPI community gathered to discuss the people and processes that keep OpenAPI Initiative running smoothly.  Collaboration between diverse companies is…
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September 22, 2020 in Blog

From 0 to OpenAPI: How GitHub Described a 10 year old API

GitHub recently adjusted their extensive, old API in order to comply with current OpenAPI standards. At the API Specifications Conference we got the opportunity to hear how they accomplished this…
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September 1, 2020 in Blog

Reasons to Register! ASC 2020 Keynote Panel Deep with Real-World API Experience

APIs are essential in many scenarios today but are still just interfaces at the end of the day. So what gives an API meaning? How does an API remain usable…
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August 18, 2020 in Announcement, Blog

OpenAPI Welcomes New Member APImetrics!

Welcome! APImetrics provides an enterprise focused API monitoring solution that interfaces with REST and SOAP API protocols. Monitoring is supported by analytics and customizable downtime alerts and provides data to…
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August 13, 2020 in Blog

ASC Speakers Announced!

The 2020 speakers have been announced, and their talks cover the spectrum of expert technologists, business professionals, open source contributors, and more! Learn from companies and organizations like GitHub, Google,…
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July 23, 2020 in Announcement, Blog

Postman Joins the OAI to Support the OpenAPI Specification

This blog post was contributed by Kin Lane, Chief Evangelist, Postman When Postman launched its API builder last year, we were amazed to see how popular OpenAPI was with our…
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July 20, 2020 in Announcement, Blog

Announcing the New OpenAPI Initiative Special Interest Group for Travel

Join OpenTravel and the OpenAPI Initiative Travel Workgroup on July 22, 2020, as we bring the focus to the European traveller. Click here to get the Zoom invite. To get…
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July 17, 2020 in Blog

ASC 2020 – Keynote Speakers

We are thrilled to announce two of our keynote speakers for ASC 2020 coming to your couch virtually, September 9-10. Lorna Mitchell, polyglot software developer and developer relations professional, will…
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June 23, 2020 in Announcement, Blog

OpenAPI Welcomes the OpenTravel Alliance as New Member

OpenAPI welcomes the OpenTravel Alliance as its newest member! OpenTravel is a not-for-profit trade association that develops data messaging structures in order to facilitate communication between the many facets of…
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June 18, 2020 in Blog

OpenAPI 3.1.0 RC0 – It’s here!

How time flies! It is approaching three years since we released OpenAPI 3.0.0. During this time we have made a number of patch releases that were mostly minor clarifications and corrections.…
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June 12, 2020 in Announcement, Events

The API Specifications Conference (ASC 2020) – Hold the dates: Sept 9th-10th

Mark your calendar for the return of this year's API Specifications Conference (ASC)! This year we will be holding an all-digital event on September 9th and 10th, 9 am -…
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April 14, 2020 in Announcement, Blog

OpenAPI Initiative Welcomes Bloomberg as Newest Member

OpenAPI Initiative continues fast pace of membership growth; Bloomberg joins 38 current members that include Atlassian, eBay, Google, Microsoft, Red Hat, SmartBear, and many more SAN FRANCISCO – April 14,…
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February 26, 2020 in Blog

Liferay Joins OpenAPI Initiative

OpenAPI welcomes Liferay as our newest OpenAPI member! Having a robust API infrastructure is critical to meeting diverse customer requirements for a Digital Experience Platform (DXP) product like Liferay DXP.…
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January 29, 2020 in Announcement, Blog

Interzoid Joins the OpenAPI Initiative to Help Build Frictionless Data Future

OpenAPI welcomes Interzoid as a new OpenAPI member! "We are excited to be a part of accelerating the adoption of a standard that we believe will play a central role…
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October 31, 2019 in Blog, Events

Photos from ASC 2019

ASC 2019 was a fantastic event! Thank you to everyone who came and participated. Great speakers, great interactions between sessions, and, wow, nice location! Vancouver is beautiful. Here are some…
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October 8, 2019 in Blog

Enterprise Software Pioneer IFS Joins the OpenAPI Initiative

OpenAPI Initiative is pleased to welcome IFS as a new OpenAPI member! IFS develops and delivers enterprise software for customers around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, build and…
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September 30, 2019 in Blog

ASC why!

ASC why! Do you know why you should come to the API Specifications Conference in Vancouver this October? It’s okay if you are not sure, just ASC! Many of the…
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September 4, 2019 in Blog

From Bitmovin: Our OpenAPI journey with Standardizing SDKs

This blog post was originally written by Sebastian Burgstaller for the Bitmovin blog. Bitmovin is a member of the OpenAPI Initiative. Don't miss on out the most comprehensive API event…
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May 8, 2019 in Blog

Introducing ASC, the API Specifications Conference

October 15-17th, 2019, Vancouver, Canada Two years ago, the OpenAPI Initiative took over the reins of APIStrat, the API Strategy Conference that the 3Scale team ran the previous seven years.…
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February 8, 2019 in Blog

Ably Realtime joins OpenAPI Initiative to share streaming data expertise

Ably Realtime, the creators of the cloud-based real time streaming data platform, recently announced its membership of the OpenAPI Initiative (OAI). Ably’s membership in OIA will help users of Ably’s…
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October 8, 2018 in Blog

The OpenAPI Initiative’s Technical Steering Committee Releases OASv3.0.2

The members of the OpenAPI Initiative Technical Steering Committee have announced the latest release of OpenAPI Specification 3.0.2. Note: This release is a patch release and none of these modifications…
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September 17, 2018 in Announcement, Blog

The Blue Button API Will Be At APIStrat In Nashville Next Week

APIs are pushing forward the conversation in almost every business sector today, but one of the more important areas we are seeing across the landscape is coming out of the…
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September 14, 2018 in Blog

The Top Reasons to Attend the API Conference of the Year

The API Strategy & Practice Conference, known as APIStrat, is a conference focused on the API economy, and brings together experts, leaders, and members of the community to discuss what…
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September 13, 2018 in Blog

Advanced OpenAPI Specification Technical Overview/Workshop at APIStrat 2018

Please join us for an advanced hands-on workshop on OpenAPI 3.0. Be sure to bring your own laptop to participate. This will be an OpenAPI Specification Technical Overview/Workshop. A hands-on…
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September 13, 2018 in Blog

Intro Level OpenAPI Specification Technical Overview/Workshop at APIStrat 2018

Please join us for a hands-on workshop on OpenAPI 3.0 at APIStrat 2018 in Nashville on Sept. 24. You can drop-in for this session only or stay for the advanced…
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September 12, 2018 in Blog

Delivering Developer Tools at Scale: Microsoft Azure & Oracle Cloud Perspectives

With APIStrat coming up in just under two weeks, I have been focusing on how the power of open source technologies can bridge disparate programming languages, and how the emergence…
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August 28, 2018 in Blog

Convincing Your Boss to Send You to APIStrat

At API Strategy and Practice – better known as APIStrat – *brings together everyone – from the API curious to today’s leaders – to discuss opportunities and challenges in the…
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August 24, 2018 in Blog

Something for Everyone at APIStrat 2018

APIStrat 2018 is just a month away and I could not be more excited for the lineup we have this year! The program committee did another exceptional job in bringing…
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August 14, 2018 in Blog

eBay Provides OpenAPI Specification (OAS) for All its RESTful Public APIs

Today, eBay announced that they are leveraging the OpenAPI Specification (OAS) for all of its RESTful public APIs. With OpenAPI, developers can download an eBay OpenAPI contract, generate code and…
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August 3, 2018 in Blog

Join Jenn Schiffer at APIStrat 2018

Join the OpenAPI Initiative and hundreds of API developers, strategist and thought leaders for APIStrat 2018 on Sept. 24-26 in Music City. APIStrat brings together everyone – from the API…
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August 3, 2018 in Blog

Join Cristiano Betts at APIStrat 2018

Join the OpenAPI Initiative and hundreds of API developers, strategist and thought leaders for APIStrat 2018 on Sept. 24-26 in Music City. APIStrat brings together everyone – from the API…
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August 3, 2018 in Blog

Join Virginia Eubanks at APIStrat 2018

Join the OpenAPI Initiative and hundreds of API developers, strategist and thought leaders for APIStrat 2018 on Sept. 24-26 in Music City. APIStrat brings together everyone – from the API…
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August 3, 2018 in Blog

Join Kate O’Neill at APIStrat 2018

Join the OpenAPI Initiative and hundreds of API developers, strategist and thought leaders for APIStrat 2018 on Sept. 24-26 in Music City. APIStrat brings together everyone – from the API…
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August 2, 2018 in Blog, Events

The First Batch Of APIStrat 2018 Nashville Keynotes Are Up

We recently published the schedule for APIStrat 2018 in Nashville, TN, and now we've published the first batch of keynote speakers for the event. We are pretty excited regarding the…
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June 8, 2018 in Blog, Events

We Are Extending The APIStrat Call For Papers Until Sunday At Midnight

We have gotten the usual rush of last minute folks worried if they'll make the deadline for submitting their talk for APIStrat in Nashville, TN this September. We fully understand…
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June 1, 2018 in Blog

Only One Week Left To Submit Your Talk For APIStrat In Nashville

We are fast approaching the CFP deadline for APIStrat in Nashville, TN. The CFP form will close next Friday, June 8, 2018 at 11:59 PM PST, leaving a little over…
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May 31, 2018 in Announcement, Blog

A Shout Out to the APIStrat Steering and Program Committees

We are getting ready to close the APIStrat call for papers next week and we wanted to take a moment to give a shout out to the amazing lineup we've…
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May 14, 2018 in Blog

Stoplight ❤️ the OpenAPI Initiative

The OpenAPI Initiative is proud announce our partnership with Stoplight as a part of the latest class of new members. In 2015, Stoplight took notice of the gathering community and…
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May 9, 2018 in Blog

Assertible Joins the OpenAPI Initiative

We're proud to announce that Assertible - API and website performance testing and uptime monitoring company - as the latest member to join to OpenAPI Initiative. Assertible enables businesses of…
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February 16, 2018 in Blog

OpenAPI Initiative Community Day Schedule at IBM INDEX

Schedule PHASE I - Intro - 9-10:30 9-9:15 Welcome 9:15-9:30 Intros 9:30-10:30 Ron Ratovsky Intro OAS New features OASv3 Future features Questions PHASE II - Lightning talks -10:30-11:30 10:30-11:00/11:30 Using…
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February 5, 2018 in Blog

OpenAPI Initiative to Host Community Day as part of IBM INDEX 2018 DayZero

The Open API Initiative is partnering with founding member IBM to host a half day of OpenAPI Spec events at the 2018 IBM INDEX developer conference taking place Feb. 20-22.…
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November 30, 2017 in Blog

aapi, API Management Provider, Joins the Open API Initiative

API management provider aapi joins as the 30th member of the Open API Initiative to coincide with the debut of their API portal announced on Nov. 28. “APIs are reforming…
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November 7, 2017 in Blog

Open API Initiative Welcomes API Testing and Monitoring Company API Fortress as its Newest Member

The Open API Initiative is pleased to welcome API Fortress, an automated API testing and monitoring platform, as the latest company to join the OAI. "A major part of validating…
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October 26, 2017 in Blog

IBM is a Platinum Sponsor at API Strategy & Practice Conference

The API Strategy & Practice Conference is approaching - it’s taking place in Portland on Oct 31- Nov 2. I’m thrilled to get to go to another API Strategy conference,…
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October 19, 2017 in Announcement, Uncategorized

Open API Initiative to Present at the Open Source Summit Europe

IBM and SmartBear, two founding members of the Open API Initiative will join SAP, one of our newest members, on stage at the Open Source Summit - Europe for a…
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October 19, 2017 in Blog

Fostering Ecosystem-Driven Innovation, The OAI Welcomes SAP as a New Member

The Open API Initiative (OAI) project is pleased to announce that SAP has joined as our newest member. The OAI community is working to establish an open source foundation for…
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September 26, 2017 in Blog

Three common scenarios for leveraging the OpenAPI Specification

This article is a short preview of the forthcoming talk “Designing APIs with the OpenAPI Specification” to be delivered at Codemotion conference, Madrid, Spain on November, 24th. We, as developers,…
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September 6, 2017 in Blog

Scale an OpenAPI based web API with Google Cloud Endpoints

With the recent announcement of OpenAPI Specification v3, it’s the right moment to pause and think for a moment about the benefits of using an API contract to describe your…
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August 17, 2017 in Blog

eBay Joins the Open API Initiative

The partnership makes it easier for eBay developers to integrate with our RESTful public APIs and evolve their buying and selling experiences on our platforms. For more than 20 years,…
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July 26, 2017 in Blog

The OAI Announces the OpenAPI Specification 3.0.0

The Open API Initiative (OAI), a Linux Foundation project created to advance API technology, announced the 3.0.0 release of the OpenAPI Specification. The OAI provides a foundation for developing interoperability…
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June 18, 2017 in Blog

One Last Call for Comments, so Finish Your Issue or PR

With this blog post, we open a two-week last call for comments period for the OpenAPI Specification v3. As mentioned last month, the OpenAPI Specification v3 is now entering a…
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June 9, 2017 in Blog

Financial Services Provider Finxact Joins Open API Initiative

This week Finxact announced it has become an official member to the Open API Initiative. Finxact collaborates with the banking industry on an Open Banking API. Finxact is building upon the…
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June 7, 2017 in Blog

RepreZen Joins the Open API Initiative, Announces Early OAS 3.0 Tool Support

The OpenAPI Specification (OAS) version 2.0, formerly known as the Swagger specification, is the current industry standard for API descriptions, supported by thousands of open source projects and all major…
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May 25, 2017 in Blog

The Open API Initiative Is Sending You a Save the Date Card

We’re getting close to OpenAPI Spec v3.0.0 final. If you’ve been waiting to start kicking the tires on the OpenAPI Specification (OAS) v3.0.0 (f.k.a. Swagger), now is the time to…
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May 2, 2017 in Blog

Competitors Join OAI to Lead Convergence of API Landscape

With the recent addition of Mulesoft — founders of RAML; joining Apiary — founders of API Blueprint; and SmartBear — stewards of Swagger, each as  members of the Open API Initiative,…
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April 13, 2017 in Blog

The Open API Initiative and the Linux Foundation to Produce APIStrat 17

The Open API Initiative along with 3scale by Red Hat and the API Evangelist are pleased to announce that APIStrat has become a Linux Foundation event. The API Strategy & Practice Conference…
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March 9, 2017 in Blog, Presentations, Uncategorized

API Craft SF Meetup: Open API Specification 3.0

Check out the deck from the 3/9 APICraft SF Meetup OAS 3.0! Everything you wanted to know about what made it into the new version of the spec (and maybe…
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March 8, 2017 in Presentations

API Design and What’s new with Open API? (Google Cloud Next ’17)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lBMQteMd6Y In this video, hear what's new with the Open API Specification (OAS) -- the vendor-neutral, portable, and open specification for providing technical metadata for REST APIs as well as…
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March 1, 2017 in Blog

Open API Initiative Announces Release of the OpenAPI Spec v3 Implementer’s Draft

About a month ago, we committed to pushing out the first Implementer’s Draft of OpenAPI Specification (OAS), and now it’s arrived! Following our official versioning scheme, this version is known…
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January 24, 2017 in Blog

A New Year, a New Specification

It has been an exciting journey, and we're happy to announce that the OpenAPI Specification version 3.0 is coming into view! Image from the most recent Meeting of the Open…
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January 23, 2017 in Blog

Join the Open API Initiative LinkedIn Group

As we begin to roll out the latest version of the OpenAPI Specification, stay up to date on developments, Meetups, events and job opportunities on the OpenAPI Spec LinkedIn Group.…
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November 29, 2016 in Presentations

OpenAPI Trek (API Days London 2016)

  Arnaud Lauret (aka the API Handyman) of AXA Banque This talk, OpenAPI Trek, aims to explain what is the OpenAPI specification and how it can be extensively used throughout…
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November 28, 2016 in Presentations

OpenAPI Trek Beyond API Documentation (APISTRAT 2016)

View Presentation: https://apihandyman.io/openapi-trek-beyond-api-documentation-api-strat-2016/
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November 19, 2016 in Presentations

OpenAPI Trek Into Fastness (Nordic APIs Summit 2016)

View Presentation: https://apihandyman.io/openapi-trek-into-fastness-nordic-apis-summit-2016/
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November 18, 2016 in Presentations

Open API Initiative Meetup: Atlassian | Microsoft | Google (Meetup)

View Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6V6oc6Ecjw
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November 18, 2016 in Blog

Denver-Based Cloud Elements Latest Member to Join Open API Initiative

The Open API Initiative is pleased to welcome Cloud Elements, a unified platform for API integration and management out of Denver Colorado as the latest company to join the OAI.…
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November 17, 2016 in Blog

TDC: Documentation, explaining the 3.0 spec part 5

With the version 3.0 of the OpenAPI Specification nearing a beta candidate, this series of posts is meant to provide insight into what is changing and how from the perspective…
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November 14, 2016 in Blog

TDC: Protocol and Payload, explaining the 3.0 spec part 4

With the version 3.0 of the OpenAPI Specification nearing a beta candidate, this series of posts is meant to provide insight into what is changing and how from the perspective…
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November 1, 2016 in Blog

OpenAPI Spec at APISTRAT 2016

The Open API Initiative (OAI) is focused on creating, evolving and promoting a vendor neutral API Description Format based on the Swagger Specification. As an open source project under the…
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October 25, 2016 in Blog

Join us for the OpenAPI Spec Workshop

The Open API Initiative and Capital One are co-hosting a OpenAPI Spec Crash Course as part of the 2016 APISTRAT Conference. Register here. Part I: Introduction to the Open API…
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October 14, 2016 in Blog

Request Parameters: Explaining the 3.0 spec, part 3

With the version 3.0 of the OpenAPI Specification nearing a beta candidate, this series of posts is meant to provide insight into what is changing and how from the perspective…
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October 3, 2016 in Blog

TDC: Structural Improvements: explaining the 3.0 spec, part 2

With the version 3.0 of the OpenAPI Specification nearing a beta candidate, this series of posts is meant to provide insight into what is changing and how. The first post…
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September 26, 2016 in Blog

Open API Initiative, 9 Months and Counting – OAI Meetup 2016-09-15

At the OAI Meetup on Sept 15, Jeff Borek of IBM took the audience on the journey the Open API Iniative has taken over the last 9 months. Starting with a…
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September 19, 2016 in Blog

OpenAPI Spec at Google – OAI Meetup 2016-09-15

Before the precursor to the OpenAPI Spec - the Swagger Specification - was created in 2010, Google had already published 150 public APIs, leveraged by hundreds of thousands of developers…
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September 19, 2016 in Blog

Zipping through the OpenAPI with Capital One – OAI Meetup 2016-09-15

Statically defined processing in your API stack is so last year. Learn about the the new and interesting ways Capital One is using the OpenAPI Specification to enable more flexible…
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August 1, 2016 in Blog

Open API Initiative: Six months and counting (Recording)

Watch a recording of IBM developerWorks Open where OAI Board member Jeff Borek (@jeffborek) moderates a discussion with fellow OAI members Capital One's Dennis Brennan (@dennis_brennan), Apigee's Marsh Gardiner (@earth2marsh) and Tony Tam…
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July 27, 2016 in Presentations

The Open API Initiative: 6 Months and Counting (IBM developerWorks Open)

View Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeNskbyoe3w&t=144s
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July 11, 2016 in Blog

You Can Get Involved in Creating the OpenAPI Specification, And Here’s How

How is the OpenAPI Specification evolving? What's the process? How can you get involved? Today we'll try to answer those questions and shine a light on: The Technical Developer Community,…
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June 17, 2016 in Blog

Gluecon Wrap up: Living Up to the Hype for a First-Timer

Last year, I was disappointed to miss out on Gluecon. My colleagues spoke very highly of it -- informative, state-of-the-art, and very non-commercial. I was glad that it worked with…
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May 18, 2016 in Blog

Gluecon Pass Giveaway!

Gluecon is just around the corner, and the Open API Initiative is giving a way a free pass. To qualify: Find any open source project that refers to Swagger Specification*…
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May 11, 2016 in Blog

gRPC with REST and OpenAPI Specification

Our guest post today comes from Brandon Phillips of CoreOS. CoreOS builds open source projects and products for Linux Containers. Their flagship products for consensus and discovery (etcd) and their…
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March 28, 2016 in Blog

State of the Project Update with Jeff Borek at the 2016 Collaboration Summit

The Linux Foundation asked me to do a lighting talk at the Linux Collab Summit at Lake Tahoe earlier this year. I was pleased to speak on behalf of The…
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February 24, 2016 in News

Developers: APIs are crucial to business, but tough to get right

A survey of API developers claims security, customer satisfaction, and speed of deployment are among the biggest challenges APIs matter, big time, and not offering an API deprives your software…
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February 23, 2016 in Blog

OAI Update – new members, OpenAPI Spec 3.0 progress, and more!

Here comes a quick update on the ongoings within the OAI: New Members There is an ongoing interest in joining the OAI and we are thrilled to welcome two new members to…
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February 18, 2016 in News

Developer.aero adopts new Open API Definition Format via 3Scale Platform

We are delighted to be associated with the latest global API standards initiative which is being driven by a new organization, the OAI (Open API Initiative). This non profit organisation…
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January 9, 2016 in Blog

Next steps for the OAI – an exciting 2016 looms ahead!

Amidst the general ongoing end-of-year activities, the OAI has been busy getting all the initial pieces into place for 2016. The meetings we’ve had within the group during last December…
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January 7, 2016 in News

Interview with Tony Tam on the Open API Initiative and Latest Swagger News

After the Linux Foundation announced the formation of the Open API Initiative (OAI) in the beginning of November with an impressive list of founding members, API developers had questions about…
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November 10, 2015 in News

Open Source Projects Further RESTful API-Based Development

Open source projects are emerging to further software development practices based on RESTful APIs, which are becoming more instrumental in providing app back-end services and other functionality. To establish standards…
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November 5, 2015 in News

IBM collaborates with Yes Bank, Bian to promote the API economy

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced API Harmony an intelligent cloud-based API matchmaking technology for developers as part of a series of technology, product and services announcements to advance the growing…
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November 5, 2015 in News

New Collaborative Project to Extend Swagger Specification for Building Connected Applications and Services

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 5, 2015) - The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux and collaborative development, today is announcing the Open API…
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November 5, 2015 in News

SmartBear Launches Open API Initiative with Key Industry Leaders including Google, IBM and Microsoft

New Initiative under The Linux Foundation to Create Open Approach to Governing the Evolution of Swagger Specification SmartBear Software, the leader in software quality tools for the connected world, has…
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November 5, 2015 in Announcement

New Collaborative Project to Extend Swagger Specification for Building Connected Applications and Services

The Linux Foundation will host new Open API Initiative with initial contributions from SmartBear and founding members 3Scale, Apigee, Capital One, Google, IBM, Intuit, Microsoft, PayPal and Restlet SAN FRANCISCO, November 5,…
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