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Reusable Assets and Exchange Publication
Publish API specifications and reusable fragments with explicit identities, dependencies and lifecycle choices. Distinguish a reusable design artifact from an API Group package and its environment-specific instances.
Describe the creation and publication of reusable API-related assets using API specifications and Anypoint Platform components.
~7 min read · 11 practice questions
What the exam expects
- Select a publication route for API specifications, fragments and API Groups.
- Distinguish an asset's identity from its published release and API version.
- Prepare dependencies and project files before publishing.
- Explain what fragment publication makes available to consumers.
- Apply environment and identity-provider boundaries to API Group instances.
An asset is a reusable Exchange item; an Asset ID identifies that item; an asset version identifies a release; a fragment supplies reusable specification content; an API Group instance packages compatible API instances for consumption.
Key facts
Asset type
- Detail
- Remains permanent for the asset and its versions.
Asset identity
- Detail
- A distinct Asset ID identifies a distinct published project.
First publication
- Detail
- No declared version gives suggested
1.0.0/v1.
Existing publication
- Detail
- Unchanged API version gives the next asset patch suggestion.
Declared API version
- Detail
- Edit its property in the specification.
API Designer lifecycle
- Detail
- Publishes Development or Stable, not Deprecated.
Unreferenced files
- Detail
- Publishing detects them and excludes them by default.
Fragment publication
- Detail
- Shows its asset version and creates a portal.
Group instance
- Detail
- Common provider/environment type; multiple business groups permitted.
- Why should a fragment reviewer preserve the editor's generated publication metadata file?
- When a designer moves the insertion point within RAML, what determines the editor's suggested elements?
- Which file locations can supply existing content to the fragment import workflow?
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