Some of the big items:

* Deprecation process: what should the "suitable timeframe" be?
* Remove obsolete output formats: removing txt, yaml, and a few others
* JSON output as default
* Changes to JSON output format, e.g., UTF-8 default, true instead of empty string for boolean
* Removing links in pretty-printed HTML formats
* Removing "possible errors" & "props" from action=paraminfo
* HTMLizing & localizing action=help (please speak up if you're using action=help from a client)
* A complete and utter overhaul of token handling
* Removing long-deprecated parameters, e.g., "title", "watch", & others
* Deprecating prop=imageinfo, rewriting from scratch as prop=fileinfo

Brad would like to discuss them onwiki or during the Wikimania hackathon https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon#API_Roadmap .

Sumana Harihareswara
Senior Technical Writer
Wikimedia Foundation


On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) <bjorsch@wikimedia.org> wrote:
If you want to give input on numerous proposed changes to the API, please comment at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/API_roadmap

Also, please advertise that link on-wiki at any suitable locations. Thanks.


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Wikimedia Foundation

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