Contents

- Web Technologies (#web-technologies)
- APIs (#apis)
- Programming Languages (#programming-languages)
- Tools (#tools)
- Decentralized Systems (#decentralized-systems)
- Cybersecurity and Cryptography (#cybersecurity-and-cryptography)
- Operating Systems (#operating-systems)
- Electronics and Hardware (#electronics-and-hardware)
- Databases and Storage (#databases-and-storage)
- Telecommunications (#telecommunications)
- General (#general)
- Region Specific (#region-specific)
- Related Awesome Lists (#related-awesome-lists)

Web Technologies

- IETF RFCs (https://www.ietf.org/standards/rfcs/) - Publication in a series from the principal technical development and standards-setting bodies for the Internet, most prominently the IETF.
- BCPs (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp-index.txt) - Best Current Practice, sub-series of the RFC document series.
- ECMA International Standards (https://www.ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/) - Standards for information and communication systems.
- W3C (https://www.w3.org/TR/) - W3C publishes a range of technical reports (Standards and supporting Notes) which help move the web forward.
- W3C WAI (https://www.w3.org/WAI/) - Strategies, standards, and supporting resources to help you make the Web more accessible to people with disabilities.
- WHATWG (https://whatwg.org/) - Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group, founded by individuals of leading Web browser vendors.
- Unicode Standards (https://www.unicode.org/reports/) - Text encoding standard maintained by the Unicode Consortium.
- OASIS Open (https://www.oasis-open.org/standards/) - Standards by nonprofit consortium that works to develop both open standards and open source.
- OpenID Specifications (https://openid.net/developers/specs/) - Identity standards, the most famous of which is the decentralized authentication protocol OpenID Connect.

APIs

- GraphQL Spec (https://spec.graphql.org/) - Specification for GraphQL, a query language and execution engine.
- Protobuf Spec (https://protobuf.dev/reference/protobuf/) - Protocol Buffers are language-neutral, platform-neutral extensible mechanisms for serializing structured data.
- gRPC (https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/PROTOCOL-HTTP2.md) - This document serves as a detailed description for an implementation of gRPC carried over HTTP2 framing.
- XML-RPC (https://xmlrpc.com/spec.md) - Remote procedure call protocol which uses XML to encode its calls and HTTP as a transport mechanism.
- JSON-RPC (https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification) - Stateless, light-weight remote procedure call protocol.
- Apache Avro (https://avro.apache.org/docs/++version++/specification/) - Serialization format for record data, and first choice for streaming data pipelines.
- Apache Thrift (https://github.com/apache/thrift/tree/master/doc/specs) - Interface Definition Language and binary communication protocol used for defining and creating services for programming languages.
- OpenRPC Spec (https://spec.open-rpc.org/) - The OpenRPC Specification defines a standard, programming language-agnostic interface description for JSON-RPC 2.0 APIs.
- OpenAPI Spec (https://spec.openapis.org/) - The OpenAPI Specification (OAS) defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to HTTP APIs.
- API Blueprint Spec (https://apiblueprint.org/documentation/specification.html) - A markdown based language for describing APIs with interactive documentation support.
- RAML Spec (https://github.com/raml-org/raml-spec) - RESTful API Modeling Language is a YAML based language for describing static APIs (but not REST APIs).
- JSON Schema (https://json-schema.org/specification) - Standard providing a format for what JSON data is required for a given application and how to interact with it.
- AsyncAPI Spec (https://www.asyncapi.com/docs/reference/specification/latest) - This specification allows you to create machine-readable definitions of your asynchronous APIs.
- OpenMessaging Spec (https://github.com/openmessaging/specification) - Vendor-neutral and language-independent, aimed to develop messaging and streaming applications across heterogeneous systems.
- CloudEvents Spec (https://github.com/cloudevents/spec) - A specification for describing event data in a common way.
- HATEOAS (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-kelly-json-hal-11) - Hypermedia as the engine of application state is a constraint of the REST software architectural style.
- HAL (https://stateless.group/hal_specification.html) - Convention for defining hypermedia such as links to external resources within JSON or XML code.
- JSON:API (https://jsonapi.org/) - A specification for building APIs in JSON, defines links and actions.
- JSON-LD (https://json-ld.org/) - JSON for Linked Data is a standard for hyperlinks in JSON, does not address actions.
- Ion (https://ionspec.org/) - Simple and intuitive JSON-based hypermedia type for REST.
- Hydra (https://www.hydra-cg.com/spec/) - Builds on top of JSON-LD to add definition of actions.
- Siren (https://github.com/kevinswiber/siren) - Structured Interface for Representing Entities, super-rad hypermedia, defines links and actions.
- Collection+JSON (https://github.com/collection-json/spec) - JSON-based read/write hypermedia-type designed, defines links and actions.
- Odata (https://www.odata.org/documentation/) - A protocol for querying and updating data using RESTful APIs, with rich query capabilities.
- JSEND (https://github.com/omniti-labs/jsend) - Specification for a simple, no-frills, JSON based format for application-level communication.
- Google API Design Guide (https://cloud.google.com/apis/design) - A general design guide for networked APIs provided by Google.
- Microsoft REST API Guidelines (https://github.com/Microsoft/api-guidelines) - Repository contains a collection of documents and related materials.
- Zalando RESTful Guidelines (https://opensource.zalando.com/restful-api-guidelines/) - A model set of guidelines for RESTful APIs and Events, created by Zalando.
- API Stylebook (https://apistylebook.com/) - Collections of resources for API Design from other companies guidelines.
- API Security Checklist (https://github.com/shieldfy/API-Security-Checklist) - Checklist of the most important security countermeasures.

Programming Languages

- ECMAScript Proposals (https://github.com/tc39/proposals) - Ecma TC39 (Technical Committee 39) is responsible for evolving the ECMAScript programming language and authoring the specification.
- PEPs (https://peps.python.org/) - Python Enhancement Proposals for language improvements.
- PHP FIG (https://www.php-fig.org/) - Standards proposed and approved by PHP Framework Interop Group.
- Rust RFCs (https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/) - Proposals to evolve the Rust language.
- Swift Evolution (https://www.swift.org/swift-evolution/) - Proposals for changes to the Swift language.
- KEEP (https://github.com/Kotlin/KEEP) - Kotlin Evolution and Enhancement Process.
- SIPs (https://docs.scala-lang.org/sips/) - Scala Improvement Proposals.
- GHC Proposals (https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals) - Compiler and language changes for Haskell/GHC.
- EEPs (https://www.erlang.org/eep) - Erlang Enhancement Proposals.
- JSR (https://jcp.org/en/jsr/all) - Java Specification Requests to standardize Java.
- Java SE Specs (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/) - Java Language and JVM specifications for Java by Oracle.
- Go Proposals (https://github.com/golang/proposal) - Design discussions for Go language evolution.
- GoLang Spec (https://go.dev/ref/spec) - The Go Programming Language Specification.
- Dart Design (https://github.com/dart-lang/language) - Design of the Dart language.
- C# Design (https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang) - C# Language Design Proposals.
- F# Design (https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-design) - F# Language Design RFCs.
- Zig Proposals (https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues?q=is:issue+is:open+label:proposal) - Issues with Proposal label in Zig repository.
- C Standards (https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/projects) - ISO/IEC standards for the C programming language.
- C++ Standards (https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/) - ISO/IEC standards for C++.
- CEPs (https://github.com/coq/ceps) - Coq Enhancement Proposals.
- OCaml RFCs (https://github.com/ocaml/RFCs) - Design discussions about the OCaml language.
- SRFI (https://srfi.schemers.org/) - Scheme Requests for Implementation.
- Scheme Standards (https://standards.scheme.org/) - Revised Report on Scheme and other standards.
- CDR (https://cdr.common-lisp.dev/) - Common Lisp Document Repository.
- PPCs (https://github.com/Perl/PPCs) - Proposed Perl Changes is proposals to change the Perl language.
- DIPs (https://github.com/dlang/DIPs) - D language Improvement Proposals.
- GEPs (https://groovy.apache.org/wiki/geps.html) - Groovy Enhancement Proposals and Issues tracked in Jira.

Tools

- npm RFCs (https://github.com/npm/rfcs) - Change proposals for npm.
- Yarn RFCs (https://github.com/yarnpkg/rfcs) - Proposals for improvements in Yarn package manager.
- React RFCs (https://github.com/reactjs/rfcs) - Change requests for React.
- Vue RFCs (https://github.com/vuejs/rfcs) - Suggestions for major changes to Vue.js.
- Svelte RFCs (https://github.com/sveltejs/rfcs) - Svelte framework enhancement discussions.
- Ember RFCs (https://rfcs.emberjs.com/) - Standards for Ember.js framework evolution.
- ESLint RFCs (https://github.com/eslint/rfcs) - Change requests for ESLint.
- React Native RFCs (https://github.com/react-native-community/discussions-and-proposals) - React Native enhancement discussions.
- Nix RFCs (https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs) - The Nix community RFCs.
- DEPs (https://github.com/django/deps) - Django Enhancement Proposals.
- CEPs (https://github.com/conda/ceps) - Conda Enhancement Proposals.
- SLEPs (https://scikit-learn-enhancement-proposals.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) - Scikit-learn Enhancement Proposals.
- JEPs (https://jupyter.org/enhancement-proposals) - Jupyter Ecosystem Enhancement Proposals.
- JEPs (https://github.com/jenkinsci/jep) - Jenkins Enhancement Proposals.
- REPs (https://www.ros.org/reps/rep-0000.html) - Enhancement proposals for ROS robotics framework.
- KEPs (https://www.kubernetes.dev/resources/keps/) - Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals.
- HIPs (https://github.com/helm/community) - Helm Improvement Proposals.
- OTEPs (https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/tree/main/oteps/) - OpenTelemetry Enhancement Proposals.
- GIPs (https://godot-proposals-viewer.github.io/) - Godot (Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine) Improvement Proposals.
- Bazel Proposals (https://github.com/bazelbuild/proposals) - Bazel proposals and design documents.
- Conventional Commits (https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) - A specification for adding human and machine readable meaning to commit messages.
- Compose Specification (https://github.com/compose-spec/compose-spec) - The Compose Specification is developer focused for defining cloud and platform agnostic container-based applications.
- Fluent Specs (https://github.com/projectfluent/fluent) - This repository contains the specification, the reference implementation of the parser and the documentation for Fluent.
- *x* it! (https://xit.jotaen.net/) - A plain-text file format for todos and check lists.
- SPDX Spec (https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/) - The System Package Data Exchange Specification.
- HeadVer Spec (https://github.com/line/headver) - SemVer compatible version specification that has {head}.{yearweek}.{build} system.
- SemVer Spec (https://semver.org/) - Semantic Versioning Specification.
- CalVer Spec (https://calver.org/) - Calendar Versioning Specification.
- OpenAutoComplete Spec (https://github.com/openautocomplete/openautocomplete) - CLI autocomplete specification.

Decentralized Systems

- BIPs (https://github.com/bitcoin/bips) - Bitcoin Improvement Proposals.
- EIPs (https://eips.ethereum.org/) - Ethereum Improvement Proposals.
- ZIPs (https://zips.z.cash/) - Zcash Improvement Proposals.
- NEPs (https://github.com/near/NEPs) - NEAR Protocol Specifications and Standards.
- BOLTs (https://github.com/lightning/bolts) - Basis of Lightning Technology (Lightning Network Specifications).
- BEPs (https://github.com/bittorrent/bittorrent.org) - BitTorrent Enhancement Proposals.
- BTIPs (https://github.com/bittorrent/BTIPs) - BitTorrent File System Improvement Proposals.
- SLIPs (https://github.com/satoshilabs/slips) - SatoshiLabs Improvement Proposals.
- YIPs (https://yips.yearn.fi/) - Yearn Finance Improvement Proposals.
- AIPs (https://github.com/aave/aip) - Aave Improvement Proposals.
- Optimism Specs (https://specs.optimism.io/) - Optimism Stack Specifications.
- PIPs (https://github.com/maticnetwork/Polygon-Improvement-Proposals) - Polygon Improvement Proposals.
- SIPs (https://sips.synthetix.io/) - Synthetix Improvement Proposals.
- Fuel Specs (https://docs.fuel.network/docs/specs/) - Specifications for the Fuel protocol and the FuelVM.
- Filecoin Specs (https://spec.filecoin.io/) - Filecoin protocol specification.
- CAIPs (https://github.com/ChainAgnostic/CAIPs) - Chain Agnostic Improvement Proposals.
- AIPs (https://governance.aptosfoundation.org/) - Aptos Improvement Proposals.
- HIPs (https://github.com/helium/HIP) - Helium Improvement Proposals.
- MIPs (https://github.com/makerdao/mips) - Maker Improvement Proposals.
- SNIPs (https://github.com/starknet-io/SNIPs) - Starknet Improvement Proposals.
- Nervos Network RFCs (https://github.com/nervosnetwork/rfcs) - Proposals, standards and documentations related to Nervos Network.
- IPIP (https://specs.ipfs.tech/) - InterPlanetary Improvement Proposals, technical specifications for the IPFS protocol stack.
- Tor Specs (https://spec.torproject.org/) - Tor Specifications including proposals.
- I2P Specs (https://geti2p.net/spec) - I2P Specification Documents including proposals.
- LibP2P Specs (https://github.com/libp2p/specs) - Technical specifications for the libp2p networking stack.

Cybersecurity and Cryptography

- NIST (https://www.nist.gov/documentary-standards) - National Institute of Standards and Technology of the United States.
- FIPS (https://www.nist.gov/itl/publications-0/federal-information-processing-standards-fips) - Federal Information Processing Standards of the United States.
- PKCS (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1207.5446v1.pdf) - Public Key Cryptography Standards is group of standards devised and published by RSA Security LLC.
- FIDO Specifications (https://fidoalliance.org/specifications/) - Authentication standards that "help reduce the world's over-reliance on passwords".
- OWASP MASVS (https://github.com/OWASP/owasp-masvs) - Mobile Application Security Verification Standard is the industry standard for mobile app security.

Operating Systems

- POSIX Standards (https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/) - The Portable Operating System Interface is a family of standards specified by the IEEE Computer Society for maintaining compatibility between operating systems.
- Windows API (WinAPI) (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/apiindex/windows-api-list) - Foundational API that allows a computer program to access the features of the Microsoft Windows OS.
- LSB (https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/lsb.shtml) - Linux Standard Base.
- SUS (https://unix.org/what_is_unix/single_unix_specification.html) - Single UNIX Specification.
- X/Open Portability Guide (XPG) (https://bitsavers.computerhistory.org/pdf/xOpen/X_Open_Portability_Guide_1985/) - A precursor to POSIX and the Single UNIX Specification.
- UEFI Specifications (https://uefi.org/specifications) - Unified Extensible Firmware Interface is a specification for the firmware architecture of a computing platform.
- FHS (https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/fhs.shtml) - The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard is reference describing the conventions used for the layout of Unix-like systems.
- LUKS (https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/wikis/Specification) - The Linux Unified Key Setup is a disk encryption specification.
- OVF (Open Virtualization Format) (https://www.dmtf.org/standards/ovf) - OS images for virtualized environments.
- KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) (https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/linux390/perf/ZSW03346USEN.pdf) - OS-level virtualization in Linux.
- OCI (Open Container Initiative) (https://opencontainers.org/release-notices/overview/) - Standards for OS containers like Docker.
- D-Bus (https://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html) - D-Bus Specification.

Electronics and Hardware

- IEEE (https://standards.ieee.org/standard/) - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
- PCI Standards (https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/) - The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
- HDMI Specifications (https://www.hdmi.org/spec/index) - High-Definition Multimedia Interface is a proprietary audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data.
- Bluetooth Core Specifications (https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/specs/core-specification-6-0/) - Short-range wireless technology standard.

Databases and Storage

- CEPs (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=95652201) - Cassandra Enhancement Proposals.
- SPIPs (https://spark.apache.org/improvement-proposals.html) - Spark project improvement proposals.

Telecommunications

- ITU-T (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Pages/default.aspx) - International Telecommunication Union.
- ETSI (https://www.etsi.org/standards) - European Telecommunications Standards Institute.

General

▐ these are a series of standards whose standards can simultaneously relate to different topics

- ISO (https://www.iso.org/standards.html) - International standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries.
- IEC (https://www.iec.ch/publications/international-standards) - International standards organization that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies – collectively known as 
"electrotechnology".
- ANSI (https://www.ansi.org/) - Private nonprofit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States.

Region Specific

▐ the use of these standards is specific to certain regions

- BS (https://www.bsigroup.com/) - British Standards: Standards published by the BSI Group, the UK's National Standards Body (NSB). They provide guidelines for quality, safety, and sustainability across various sectors.
- CEN (https://www.cencenelec.eu/) - European Committee for Standardization: Develops European Standards (ENs) to harmonize technical specifications and promote trade across Europe.
- DIN (https://www.din.de/) - Deutsches Institut für Normung: German Institute for Standardization, which develops national and international standards for a wide range of industries.
- AFNOR (https://www.afnor.org/) - Association française de normalisation: France's National Standardization Office.
- NSAI (https://www.nsai.ie/) - National Standards Authority of Ireland: Ireland's official standards body.
- CSA Group (https://www.csagroup.org/) - Canadian Standards Association: Develops standards to address safety, sustainability, and performance for Canada and global markets.
- SII (https://www.sii.org.il/eng/) - Standards Institution of Israel: National body for standards and certification.
- NOM (https://www.gob.mx/se/acciones-y-programas/standards) - Normas Oficiales Mexicanas: Official Mexican standards governing the safety, health and quality of goods and services.
- ABNT (https://abnt.org.br/) - Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas: Brazilian National Standards Organization.
- SS (https://www.singaporestandardseshop.sg/) - Singapore Standards: Organization handling trade and technology standards.
- JIS (https://www.jisc.go.jp/eng/) - Japanese Industrial Standards: Specifications published by the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) to ensure product quality and safety in Japan.
- KATS (https://www.kats.go.kr/en/) - Korean Agency for Technology and Standards: Organization for developing standards across various sectors.
- CNS (https://www.cnsonline.com.tw/) - Chinese National Standards: Taiwan's official standards, administered by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology, and Inspection.
- GB (https://www.gbstandards.org/) - Guobiao Standards: China's national standards, including technical and industry-specific regulations.
- GOST (https://www.gost.ru) - Russian National Standards: State standards developed by Rosstandart to regulate industries and ensure quality and compatibility in Russia.
- TCVN (https://tcvn.gov.vn/?lang=en) - Vietnamese National Standards: Standards published by the Directorate for Standards, Metrology, and Quality of Vietnam to regulate local and international trade.
- BIS (https://www.bis.gov.in/) - Bureau of Indian Standards: National standards for industry, products, and services.
- PSQCA (https://www.psqca.com.pk/) - Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority: Organization responsible for developing and certifying standards.
- TIS (https://www.tisi.go.th/home/en) - Thai Industrial Standards: National standards for Thailand.

Related Awesome Lists

- Awesome Guidelines (https://github.com/Kristories/awesome-guidelines) - Coding style conventions and standards.
- Awesome API Devtools (https://github.com/yosriady/awesome-api-devtools) - A collection of useful resources for building RESTful HTTP+JSON APIs.

standards Github: https://github.com/donBarbos/awesome-standards