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Governance Vocabulary

A formal vocabulary of words and phrases that can and cannot be used across operations.

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APIs.json Apis Properties Vocabulary Info

This property ensures that there is a centralized vocabulary in use for guiding the creation and usage of tags, path segments, and other metadata associated with an APIs

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balance Governance Production

Governance is how everything on this lifecycle stays aligned as an operation scales. Policies, rules, and standards applied consistently across teams are what keep APIs coherent without slowing eve...

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Scope Business Contract
Property none
Type Vocabulary
Stages Define, Default
Slug governance-vocabulary
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