TALK | The creator of the AsyncAPI Initiative and a long-term user of OpenAPI and JSON Schema provides insights on the future API specs landscape

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REST GraphQL gRPC Messaging SOAP
OpenAPI AsyncAPI GraphQL gRPC Protobuf
JSON Schema Avro RAML WSDL XSD

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REST GraphQL gRPC Messaging SOAP
OpenAPI AsyncAPI GraphQL gRPC Protobuf
JSON Schema Avro RAML WSDL XSD

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REST GraphQL gRPC Messaging SOAP
OpenAPI AsyncAPI GraphQL gRPC Protobuf
JSON Schema Avro RAML WSDL XSD

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REST GraphQL gRPC Messaging SOAP
OpenAPI AsyncAPI GraphQL gRPC Protobuf
JSON Schema Avro RAML WSDL XSD

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REST GraphQL gRPC Messaging SOAP
OpenAPI AsyncAPI GraphQL gRPC Protobuf
JSON Schema Avro RAML WSDL XSD

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REST GraphQL gRPC Messaging SOAP
OpenAPI AsyncAPI GraphQL gRPC Protobuf
JSON Schema Avro RAML WSDL XSD

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REST GraphQL gRPC Messaging SOAP
OpenAPI AsyncAPI GraphQL gRPC Protobuf
JSON Schema Avro RAML WSDL XSD

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REST GraphQL gRPC Messaging SOAP
OpenAPI AsyncAPI GraphQL gRPC Protobuf
JSON Schema Avro RAML WSDL XSD
Security Deployment
Storage
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Multiple schema definition languages
Multiple paradigms
Multiple protocols
Extensible
Composable
Collaborative parsers and validators
Facilitate evolution
Authoring tools
Interoperable
Open source

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Organization leaders must collaborate
Marketing efforts must be combined
Financial support must spread
User experience must be the end goal
Transparency must prevail

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1. The API ecosystem is diverse.
2. The specs must be composable and extensible.
3. Tools should facilitate evolution and interoperability.
4. Spec authors must collaborate for the benefit of the user.

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