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| # Design Maturity
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| ## API Design Maturity
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| > How to design an API
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| Every API design **MUST** be **resource-centric** \([Web API Design Maturity Model Level 2](http://amundsen.com/talks/2016-11-apistrat-wadm/2016-11-apistrat-wadm.pdf)\). That is an API design **MUST** revolve around Web-styled _resources_, _relations_ between the resources and the _actions_ the resources may afford.
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| An API design **MAY** be **affordance-centric** \([Web API Design Maturity Model Level 3](http://amundsen.com/talks/2016-11-apistrat-wadm/2016-11-apistrat-wadm.pdf)\).
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| ## API Design Implementation Maturity
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| > How to implement the API design
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| Every API design implementation using the HTTP protocol **MUST** use the appropriate **HTTP Request Method** \([Richardson Maturity Model Level 2](https://martinfowler.com/articles/richardsonMaturityModel.html#level2)\) to implement an action afforded by a resource.
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| An API design implementation **SHOULD** include **hypermedia controls** \(HATEOAS\) \([Richardson Maturity Model Level 3](https://martinfowler.com/articles/richardsonMaturityModel.html#level3)\).
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