--- title: The Linux Foundation Is the Home of Our API... description: The Linux Foundation has quietly become the neutral home of nearly all major open API specification standards — OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, JSON Schema, gRPC,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-foundation-is-the-home-of-our-api-specifications-and-they-should-work-together-olyopsacu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Linux Foundation Is the Home of Our API Specifications, and They Should Work Together | daily.dev og:description: The Linux Foundation has quietly become the neutral home of nearly all major open API specification standards — OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, JSON Schema, gRPC,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-foundation-is-the-home-of-our-api-specifications-and-they-should-work-together-olyopsacu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OlYOpSACu.png og:image:alt: The Linux Foundation Is the Home of Our API Specifications, and They Should Work Together og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Linux Foundation Is the Home of Our API Specifications, and They Should Work Together **[API Evangelist](https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Linux Foundation has quietly become the neutral home of nearly all major open API specification standards — OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, JSON Schema, gRPC, CloudEvents, OpenTelemetry, and more. Despite sharing a roof, these specifications operate in silos with overlapping concepts redefined independently. The author argues the Linux Foundation is uniquely positioned to coordinate shared vocabularies, registries, tooling, and cross-specification references without merging the specs — reducing fragmentation costs for tooling authors, governance teams, and everyday developers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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