Contributing to standards development
Registered Standards Users can nominate up to two people to join the API Technical Working Group and two people to join the API Business Working Group. Representatives who join working groups contribute to the development of all new versions of the standards.
When a new standards version is in its final draft phase (called a “release candidate”), then registered Community Contributors are invited to review and comment on them prior to finalising the new standards versions.
Standards development pipeline
Standards development is collaborative. Prioritised new features are published on the API Centre roadmap, co-designed with working groups, and overseen by the API Council.
The lifecycle of published standards
As new standards versions are published, older standards may be deprecated and then expired.
Deprecation and expiry are decided in consultation with API Standards Users to ensure there is minimal impact on customers and Third Parties.
A detailed description of the lifecycle is available on Confluence. See API Standards Version and Lifecycle Management Policy.