API standards and technical specifications for governments

This list contains the list of standards and technical specifications analysed in the APIs4DGov study "Web API landscape: relevant general purpose ICT standards, technical specifications and terms". Notice that the list does not include a set of documents which are considered of (i) general purpose for the Web and (ii) consolidated background knowledge of the reader (e.g. HTTP, JSON, XML, URI, SOA, ROA, RDF, etc.). Each document is classified accordingly to the following rationale: - Name: extended name (with acronym, if available). - TS/S: we distinguish the documents into two main categories: (1) “Technical Specification” and (2) “Standard”. The definitions of the two terms are in use in official and technical documents, including the ones of CEN, IEC, ISO and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). For the purposes of this dataset, we choose the definitions proposed by the OGC: (1) "Specification" or "Technical Specification" (TS): "a document written by a consortium, vendor, or user that specifies a technological area with a well-defined scope, primarily for use by developers as a guide to implementation. A specification is not necessarily a formal standard"; (2) "Standard" (S): "a document that specifies a technological area with a well-defined scope, usually by a formal standardisation body and process". - Category: each document is classified by its functional specification (Resource Representation, Protocol), Security (Authentication, Authorisation), Usability (Documentation, Design), Test, Performance, and Licence. See section 2.2 for a description of each category. - Short Description: a short description of the TS/S. - Link: URL of online document describing the TS/S. - API Type: RPC or REST, both if not specified. - Initial Release: the year when the TS/S was proposed the first time (where not available the most probable year, calculated by additional desk research, was given). - By: the organisation (i.e. standard body, consortium, vendor) or individual that proposes the standard.