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Versioning & Lifecycle

Headers that carry version, deprecation and end-of-life. The category the catalog shows to be almost entirely unused, which is a finding rather than a gap in the data.

9 headers, ordered by how many providers in the catalog declare them.

x-v 122 providers regulated 2 spellings

Version negotiation made binding by law in Australia.

x-min-v 61 providers regulated

The x-min-v HTTP header — versioning & lifecycle, declared by 61 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Sunset 6 providers regulated 2 spellings

When the resource goes away. Six providers in the catalog declare it.

OData-Version 3 providers

The OData-Version HTTP header — versioning & lifecycle, declared by 3 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Deprecation 3 providers regulated 2 spellings

Declared by three providers in the entire catalog. The market's answer to "when does this endpoint die" is a blog post.

OData-MaxVersion 1 providers

The OData-MaxVersion HTTP header — versioning & lifecycle, declared by 1 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

OSLC-Core-Version

The OSLC-Core-Version HTTP header — versioning & lifecycle, not observed in the catalog.

MIME-Version

The MIME-Version HTTP header — versioning & lifecycle, RFC 9112, not observed in the catalog.

Content-Version

The Content-Version HTTP header — versioning & lifecycle, RFC 2068, not observed in the catalog.