Frame

Frame Technology Corp. was a software company that developed FrameMaker, a structured desktop-publishing and technical-documentation authoring application widely used for long, complex documents. Founded in the 1980s and taken public, Frame Technology was acquired by Adobe Systems in 1995; FrameMaker continues today as an Adobe product. This is a historical/acquired portfolio company of Canaan Partners with no independent developer or API surface of its own.

Frame is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Software, Desktop Publishing, Technical Documentation, and Publishing.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanySoftwareDesktop PublishingTechnical DocumentationPublishingHistoricalAcquired

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Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

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

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: frame
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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name: Frame
description: Frame Technology Corp. was a software company that developed FrameMaker, a structured desktop-publishing and
  technical-documentation authoring application widely used for long, complex documents. Founded in the 1980s and taken public,
  Frame Technology was acquired by Adobe Systems in 1995; FrameMaker continues today as an Adobe product. This is a historical/acquired
  portfolio company of Canaan Partners with no independent developer or API surface of its own.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/frame/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- canaan-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: Adobe Systems
x-acquired-year: 1995
x-is-api-provider: false
x-enrichment-note: Defunct/acquired (Adobe, 1995) historical desktop-publishing company; no live domain, API, or developer
  surface exists. No artifacts fabricated per pipeline no-fabrication rule.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Software
- Desktop Publishing
- Technical Documentation
- Publishing
- Historical
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence