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Unique Identifiers for APIs.json Contracts

Providing unique identifiers for API contracts, as well as the APIs that are indexed as part of a contract, providing a key reference.

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APIs.json Specification AID Info

Every collection of APIs needs a unique identifier. This unique API identifier, or AID, serves as a human and machine-readable reference for organizing and managing various APIs. Similar to a barco...

Strategies

APIs are Defined as API Contracts

I think of API contracts as the thing that bridges the business and technology sides of what we do. When you define APIs as contracts and manage them in source control, you can track not just the t...