The OpenAPI Mini Summit is part of the Linux Foundation Open Source Summit North America 2024.
The Mini Summit is a chance for OpenAPI supporters to get together for face to face meetings while attending the LF Open Source Summit. The main focus will be the soon to be deployed Workflow specification. The Workflow spec shows promise to have a large impact in the API deployment and consumption community. Much of what is done around API and related specifications is focused on the developer. This new spec will help the developer but the larger impact will be for those who consume APIs. This specification details how you can document how your API is used in context with the APIs that preceded it and what follows. This in a machine readable format to lend itself to support automation. The adoption of the spec will benefit all through the reduction of labor and time to market not just in the deployment of APIs but the consumption as well. APIs do not generate value until they are used.
We had a half day Monday morning the 15th of April. Following the presentation, we had a discussion on how better API documentation would address the issues some of the attendees raised as questions.
Sights from the conference:
