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Specifications created by the Hydra W3C Community Group
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Specifications created by the Hydra W3C Community Group

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/HydraCG/Specifications
• Owner: HydraCG
• License: other
• Created: 2013-06-27T18:36:26.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-11-04T18:52:26.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-01T12:35:49.609Z (3 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.17 MB
• Stars: 139
• Watchers: 33
• Forks: 25
• Open Issues: 63
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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README

        
Hydra: Hypermedia-Driven Web APIs

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Building Web APIs seems still more an art than a science. How can we

build APIs such that generic clients can easily use them? And how do

we build those clients? Current APIs heavily rely on out-of-band

information such as human-readable documentation and API-specific

SDKs. However, this only allows for very simple and brittle clients

that are hardcoded against specific APIs. Hydra, in contrast, is a set

of technologies that allow to design APIs in a different manner, in a

way that enables smarter clients.

The foundation is laid by the [Hydra Core Vocabulary][1]. It defines a

number of fundamental concepts, such as hypermedia controls and

collections, which allow machines to understand how to interact with

an API. Since all information about the API is available in a machine-

readable form, completely generic clients become possible. The Core

Vocabulary is complemented by [Linked Data Fragments][2], a set of

specifications that enable advanced yet efficient client-side querying

of Web APIs.

To participate in the development of these specifications please join

the [Hydra W3C Community Group][3].

More information about Hydra is available at http://www.hydra-cg.com/

[1]: http://www.hydra-cg.com/spec/latest/core/

[2]: http://www.hydra-cg.com/linked-data-fragments/

[3]: http://m.lanthi.com/HydraCG