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What is the best way to design the API's which supports multiple versions. How do I ensure that even if the schema of my data changes(minor changes), the consumers of my api's are not affected? Any reference architecture, guidelines is really helpful.

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    Which language/platform? Commented Jan 16, 2012 at 21:03

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Mark Nottingham has a good blog post on how to version Web (REST) APIs

http://www.mnot.net/blog/2011/10/25/web_api_versioning_smackdown

Also about API versioning in general:

http://theamiableapi.com/2011/10/18/api-design-best-practice-plan-for-evolution/

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