Technology Standards
Technology Standards covers the landscape of formal technical standards, protocols, and normative specifications developed by international standards bodies including IEEE, IETF, W3C, ISO, OASIS, and the Linux Foundation. These standards define how technology systems interoperate, communicate, and behave. In the API economy, key standards govern data formats (JSON, XML, CSV), communication protocols (HTTP/2, HTTP/3, WebSocket, gRPC), security (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, TLS), identity (SAML, SCIM), and API description (OpenAPI, AsyncAPI). Technology standards ensure interoperability, reduce vendor lock-in, and form the foundation of the modern internet and API ecosystem.
APIs
IETF Internet Standards
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) produces Internet Standards (STDs) and Best Current Practices (BCPs) covering core internet protocols including HTTP, TLS, OAuth, Open...
W3C Web Standards
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) leads the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing open standards for web technologies. W3C standards critical to APIs include CORS...
IEEE Standards
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) develops standards for electronics, electrical engineering, and computer science. IEEE standards relevant to APIs an...
OASIS Open Standards
OASIS Open is a nonprofit standards development organization that advances the creation, convergence, and adoption of open standards for the global information society. OASIS st...
OAuth and OpenID Connect
OAuth 2.0 (RFC 6749) is the industry-standard protocol for authorization, enabling third-party applications to obtain limited access to web services. OpenID Connect (OIDC) is an...