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  • 1.  Version Management

    Posted Aug 11, 2017 15:53
    What are the typical challenges for doing version management for Open APIs and how best to mitigate them from an enterprise architecture perspective

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    Aashish Desai
    Netcracker Technology
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  • 2.  RE: Version Management

    Posted Aug 14, 2017 00:37
    One key challenge is backwards compatibility.

    Another is identifying the client version making the API request.
    And using a consistent version numbering format.

    I am reminded of an often frustrating software incompatibility problem:
    Your version 3.4.5LTS is not supported, version 3.3.0 or greater is required.
    In this case the software could not evaluate if 5LTS >= 0.

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    Brian LaVallee
    INVITE Communications Co. Ltd
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