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API governance defines policies, processes and decision structures to manage API design, lifecycle and operation across an organization. Its goal is consistency, security and reusability across teams. Implementation includes policies, gateways, design standards and review processes to enforce compliance.
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API governance is the set of rules, roles, and checks that keep APIs consistent, secure, and usable throughout their lifecycle.
The approach grew from the need to manage expanding API landscapes across teams and systems. API management and specification standards such as OpenAPI provide established practices; no single originator of the overall approach is established.
An API lifecycle starts with a contract, is reviewed and published, then operated and versioned, and finally retired in a controlled way. Governance assigns owners, minimum rules, and exceptions at every station.
A machine-readable description makes an interface and its expectations visible to providers and consumers.
Shared rules create consistency in design, security, documentation, and operation.
Release, change, versioning, and retirement are managed as one connected process.
Teams and roles decide on an API’s quality, risks, and evolution.
API governance helps reduce breaking changes, security gaps, and unclear ownership in integration landscapes. Rules must account for actual change pressure and the autonomy teams need.
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