State of JSON Schema 2024

In this talk, I will share an overview of the huge progress made by the JSON Schema initiative over the last 24 months, covering specification, governance, community, and industry.

1. JSON Schema Conf 2024 PLATINUM SPONSOR
2. State of JSON Schema JSON Schema Conf 2024 Benjamin Granados Matarranz benjamin.granadosm@gmail.com benjagm benjagranados December 2024
3. About me! • Community Manager and TSC JSON Schema • Senior Technical Program Manager at Celonis • API & Community Strategist • Passionate about APIs & Community • Former Committee API Addicts • Love mountains JSON Schema Conf 2024
4. Agenda: • Mission • A bit of History • A picture of the Project back in 2021 • Initiatives • Community Growth • What about the Spec? • What is next? JSON Schema Conf 2024
5. Before we start JSON Schema Conf 2024
6. 97% API payloads are JSON Cloudflare 2021 JSON Schema Conf 2024
8. Draft 2019-09 Austin Wright Henry Andrews Ben Hutton Greg Dennis JSON Schema Conf 2024 2009 2010 2013 2017 2019 2020 Next 2017 Draft 01 Kris Zyp A bit of History Draft 03 Kris Zyp Gary Court Draft 04 Kris Zyp Francis Galiegue Geraint Luff Draft 06 Austin Wright Draft 07 Austin Wright Henry Andrews Draft 2020-12 Austin Wright Henry Andrews Ben Hutton Greg Dennis Stable Release Greg Dennis Jason Desrosiers Austin Wright Henry Andrews
9. JSON Schema Conf 2024 A picture of the Project back in 2021
10. JSON Schema Conf 2024 A picture of the Project back in 2021 • 7 TSC Members • Maintainers same people than TSC • 355 Contributors • 6174 Community Members • 7 Repositories • 48 Implementations • 4 Sponsors
11. 04 JSON Schema Users 03 JSON Schema Contributors 01 TSC & Spec editors JSON Schema Conf 2024 A picture of the Project back in 2021 Fragmented Contribution Ladder ?? 02
12. JSON Schema Conf 2024 CHALLENGES • Fragmented Contribution Ladder • Difficult to attract new Sponsors • Difficult to attract new Contributors • Increase influence in the industry • Outdated website • Improve the engagement with implementers A picture of the Project back in 2021
13. Initiatives User Experience ✓ New Website ✓ Tour of JSON Schema ✓ New tools section Contributor Experience Phase 1: ✓ Refined contribution journeys Phase 2: ✓ Mentoring Programs Phase 3: ✓ Triage Group ✓ Docs Working Group ✓ Conference ✓ More Projects & Maintainers Trust & Influence ✓ JSON Schema in Production ✓ Case Studies ✓ Adopters Program ✓ Ambassadors Program JSON Schema Conf 2024
14. The New JSON Schema website JSON Schema Conf 2024 +110 People
15. A Tour of JSON Schema tour.json-schema.org JSON Schema Conf 2024 People
16. New Tools section JSON Schema Conf 2024 People
17. New Tools section with 184 registered Tools JSON Schema Conf 2024
18. JSON Schema Conf 2024 Mentorship Programs Mentors Mentees Technical Writers Docs Engineer
19. JSON Schema in Production JSON Schema Conf 2024
20. JSON Schema Conf 2024 JSON Schema Case Studies
21. The JSON Schema Conference JSON Schema Conf 2024 People
22. JSON Schema Adopters JSON Schema Conf 2024 People
23. JSON Schema Conf 2024 JSON Schema Ambassadors
24. JSON Schema Sponsors JSON Schema Conf 2024
25. A picture of the Project today +18K users JSON Schema Conf 2024
26. A picture of the Project today Mentors Mentees Docs Working Group Triage Team New Maintainers Community managers TSC Ambassadors JSON Schema Conf 2024
27. 04 JSON Schema Users 03 JSON Schema Contributors 02 Ambassadors Maintainers Docs Group Triage Team 01 TSC & Spec editors JSON Schema Conf 2024 A picture of the Project today
28. JSON Schema Conf 2024 • Focused on achieving stability between versions with the Stable Release. • Introduced a few necessary breaking changes to enable future compatibility. • Improved and clarified language in Core and Validation specifications for better readability. • Merged 25 pull requests and closed 16 associated issues, with more ongoing. • Delivered the Specification Development Lifecycle Process. • Targeting the release of the new version next year. What about the Spec? People
29. JSON Schema Conf 2024 Next steps Join the Discussion to contribute to the Roadmap refresh! GitHub Discussion #813 • Stable Spec development. • Open Governance. • Support for Implementers. • Ecosystem Collaboration. • Sponsorship Retention and Attraction. • JSON Schema Conference. • Join an Open Source Foundation.
30. JSON Schema Conf 2024 Thanks! Benjamin Granados Matarranz benjamin.granadosm@gmail.com benjagm benjagranados