API Metadata Standards

This document outlines existing standards for API description metadata.

Definition

Metadata is structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use, or manage an information resource (NISO 2004, ISBN: 1-880124-62-9).

Governmental metadata standards

Australia

United States

Coalition metadata standards

X-Road

The X-Road initiative has provided documentation about their API standards, such as: * X-Road v6.4 -tiedonsiirtoprotokolla

International standards