At yesterday's API Working Group meeting we decided it would be a good idea to send out a refresher on the existence of the group, its goals and activities. If you have interest in the improvement and standardization of OpenStack APIs please take this as an invitation to participate. The group meets once a week in openstack-meeting-3 on Thursdays alternating between 00:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC[0]. The primary goal of the group is to help OpenStack HTTP APIs adhere to standards and be consistent in the context of OpenStack[1]. To that end the main activities of members are: * Creating, encouraging projects to create, and reviewing API guidelines: * https://review.openstack.org/#/q/project:openstack/api-wg * http://specs.openstack.org/openstack/api-wg/ To be clear these are guidelines, not rules. The members of the API working group are not cops. There's an open question of whether the guidelines should codify existing behaviors or be more aspirational. If you have an opinion on such things, you might like to come along and share it. * Providing guidance and sounding boards for changes which impact HTTP APIS: * https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:open+AND+%28message:ApiImpact+OR+message:APIImpact%29,n,z * Exploring existing APIs to get a sense of existing practices and tease out which are "best": * https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/API_Working_Group/Current_Design Ideally every OpenStack project that has an HTTP API should have a designated cross project liaison who is willing to participate in the API working group and operate as bi-directional conduit. Talk to your PTL if you want this responsibility and then show up at the meetings. [0] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings/API-WG [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/API_Working_Group#Purpose -- Chris Dent (¨s¡ã¡õ¡ã)¨s¦à©ß©¥©ß http://anticdent.org/ freenode: cdent tw: @anticdent