ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md is a standardized file convention used in open source repositories to credit third-party software, libraries, inspirations, and other works that a project builds upon or is indebted to. It is a common practice for documenting attribution and provenance, complementing LICENSE, README, CONTRIBUTING, and CODE_OF_CONDUCT files as part of a healthy open source project structure. The file typically lists dependencies, their copyright holders, and the licenses under which they are distributed.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Attribution, Documentation, Licensing, Open Source, and Repository.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md’s developer surface includes documentation and getting-started guide.

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10.7/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5

0 APIs 4 Features 4 Use Cases

AttributionDocumentationLicensingOpen SourceRepositoryStandards

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Composite quality — 10.7/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

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Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

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Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Features 4

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Attribution Documentation

Provides a standardized location to document all third-party libraries, frameworks, and tools used in a project, along with their copyright holders and licenses.

License Compliance

Helps projects maintain compliance with open source licenses that require attribution, such as MIT, BSD, Apache 2.0, and Creative Commons.

Contributor Recognition

Acknowledges individuals and organizations that contributed to the project, beyond the primary maintainers listed in other files.

Provenance Tracking

Documents the origins of code, designs, or concepts that influenced the project, providing clear provenance for legal and audit purposes.

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Open Source Projects

Used in open source repositories to document all third-party dependencies, their licenses, and copyright notices for compliance.

Corporate Software Releases

Required by many corporate open source release policies to document all third-party components before releasing software publicly.

Academic and Research Projects

Used in academic repositories to cite datasets, tools, and prior work that the research builds upon.

Documentation Projects

Applied to documentation repositories to credit sources, frameworks, and tools used to generate or host the documentation.

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Source (apis.yml)

aid: acknowledgments-md
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name: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md
type: Index
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  label: Unknown
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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tags:
- Attribution
- Documentation
- Licensing
- Open Source
- Repository
- Standards
description: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md is a standardized file convention used in open source repositories to credit third-party software,
  libraries, inspirations, and other works that a project builds upon or is indebted to. It is a common practice for documenting
  attribution and provenance, complementing LICENSE, README, CONTRIBUTING, and CODE_OF_CONDUCT files as part of a healthy
  open source project structure. The file typically lists dependencies, their copyright holders, and the licenses under which
  they are distributed.
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/licensing-a-repository
  name: GitHub Repository Licensing Guide
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://contributing.md/
  name: CONTRIBUTING.md Open Source Guides
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Attribution Documentation
    description: Provides a standardized location to document all third-party libraries, frameworks, and tools used in a project,
      along with their copyright holders and licenses.
  - name: License Compliance
    description: Helps projects maintain compliance with open source licenses that require attribution, such as MIT, BSD,
      Apache 2.0, and Creative Commons.
  - name: Contributor Recognition
    description: Acknowledges individuals and organizations that contributed to the project, beyond the primary maintainers
      listed in other files.
  - name: Provenance Tracking
    description: Documents the origins of code, designs, or concepts that influenced the project, providing clear provenance
      for legal and audit purposes.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Open Source Projects
    description: Used in open source repositories to document all third-party dependencies, their licenses, and copyright
      notices for compliance.
  - name: Corporate Software Releases
    description: Required by many corporate open source release policies to document all third-party components before releasing
      software publicly.
  - name: Academic and Research Projects
    description: Used in academic repositories to cite datasets, tools, and prior work that the research builds upon.
  - name: Documentation Projects
    description: Applied to documentation repositories to credit sources, frameworks, and tools used to generate or host the
      documentation.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com