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Deprecation

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Providers using this tag (6)

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Thin 1 Limited public surface area
API Style GuidesAPI Style GuidesAPI DesignAPI GovernanceREST11 APIs26.7
Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented
BeamerChangelogNotificationProduct Updates1 API22.3Versioning ProtocolsAPI DesignBackward CompatibilitySoftware DevelopmentVersion Control5 APIs20.2LaunchNotesChangelogCommunicationsProduct1 API19.2Sunset HeaderAPI DeprecationHTTP HeadersRFC 8594RFC 97452 APIs15.9OasdiffBreaking ChangesChangelogsOpenAPI1 API11.2

APIs with this tag (5)

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Thin 1 Limited public surface area
IETF HTTPAPI Working Group Drafts and RFCsThe IETF httpapi Working Group is producing the cross-vendor vocabulary that style guides increasingly cite...26.7
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
OpenAPI VersioningOpenAPI handles versioning through the info.version field (using SemVer), the deprecated flag on individual...20.2LaunchNotesLaunchNotes is a release communication platform for sharing changelogs, roadmaps, and deprecation notices. ...19.2Deprecation HTTP Header Field (RFC 9745)RFC 9745 defines the Deprecation HTTP response header field, which signals to clients that a resource has b...15.9OasdiffOasdiff is an open-source tool for detecting breaking changes and generating changelogs from OpenAPI specif...11.2

Score breakdown

Frequency
26.4
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.2
spread across providers
Quality lift
19.2
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
0.0
strength of nearest seed neighbor

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