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Operation Summary

Requiring that all operational summaries meets the policy standards.

Rules

OpenAPI Operations Summary Error

Having short and intuitive summary for each API operation helps API consumers understand what is possible with each API request

OpenAPI Operations Summary Info

Having short and intuitive summary for each API operation helps API consumers understand what is possible with each API request

OpenAPI Operations Summary Length Error

Apply length constraints to the operation summary helps keep them consistent for publishing in documentation

OpenAPI Operations Summary Period Error

Operation summaries should not have a period, keeping the primary summary for each API as consistent as possible for publishing in documentation

OpenAPI Operations Summary Period Info

Operation summaries should not have a period, keeping the primary summary foreach API as consistent as possible for publishing in documentation.

Strategies

Operations Must Be Useful and Consistent

All individual API operations must be useful and follow consistent Internet, industry, and enterprise standards, providing a simple and relevant HTTP API operation that does one thing and does it w...

Lifecycle

design_services Design Design

Design is where the human experience of an API is won or lost. I work design-first, shaping the paths, schema, errors, and naming in the contract before development begins, so that consistency is b...