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Context and objective

This document is a working draft for a recommendation of what a "1.0 Stable" version of a Symphony API Language Binding should cover. The goal is that new language bindings have a central document to orient themselves when starting the project, and that projects that are getting close to "1.0 Stable" release have a checklist they can use to finalize.

The primary focus is to allow users of such SDKs to be very clear on what to expect when starting to build on them. This would cover both functional and non-functional expectations.

Current projects recap

Users expectations

As users of a "1.0" SDK, I would expect the following:

• Supported by LLC
  • At this stage in the growth/maturation of the Symphony Product, Ecosystem, and Community, users of the Java SDK who are also Symphony customers will expect using the SDK to be fully supported by Symphony LLC. This means:
    • questions to the Symphony support organization (developers@symphony.com) are solved following the normal SLA
    • using the SDK is fully documented on the central documentation for developers on the Symphony Platform https://developers.symphony.com/ (or equivalent)
• Functional integrity
  
  • functional coverage of public REST API, as documented on https://developers.symphony.com/ is complete and aligned with a specific Symphony Release number, ideally the most recent one
  • no unsupported or private APIs are used
  • new API endpoints or new version are incorporated into the SDK with a reasonably fast timeframe
• Documentation integrity
  • Documentation in the code itself (readme.md) is aligned with the other documentation (https://developers.symphony.com/) on nomenclature, terminology, links, etc
• Quality standards
  • Functional quality: All public functions of the REST API is working as expected.
  • Non-functional quality: API performance is as expected and works in the most common deployment scenarios (cloud, on-prem).

More precisely, this means:

Readiness checklist

• Foundation contribution criteria
  • Active status: see Activation
• Functional coverage meets, at time of release
  • 0 Blockers on any functions
  • 0 Critical on any functions
  • 0 Major on any functions
  • Need to discuss specific criticality definition
• Non-functional definition
  • Need to discuss what we recommend here, notably regarding:
    • load balancing, HA
    • supported topologies
    • performance/latency
• Functional integrity
  • Other WG members/LLC to perform deep dive
  • LLC to publish Set Presence endpoint
• Documentation integrity
  
  • LLC to add SDK documentation into https://developers.symphony.com/ (or equivalent)

Launch activities

• All users of the Symphony Platform should be made aware of this significant milestone. For example:
  • Outreach to dev@symphony.foundation
  • Outreach to Symphony LLC customers
  • Other media (eg Twitter)