specification: API Commons Lifecycle
specificationVersion: '0.1'
provider: ACORD
providerId: acord
generated: '2026-08-30'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://www.acord.org/standards-architecture/acord-data-standards/next-generation-digital-standards ,
  https://www.acord.org/standards-architecture/get-involved/standards-enhancements ,
  https://status.acordsolutions.com/ and its public Statuspage API
  https://status.acordsolutions.com/api/v2/summary.json (probed 2026-08-30, HTTP 200)
description: >-
  ACORD versions standards releases, not a hosted API. The lifecycle recorded here is the
  standards release train plus the operational status surface run by ACORD Solutions Group,
  the commercial subsidiary that operates ADEPT.
versioning:
  scheme: dotted release with a dated final-release document (v<major>-<minor>-<patch>)
  current_version: NGDS Final Release v1-13-0
  current_version_date: '2026-05'
  cadence: >-
    Twice yearly for NGDS. Observed final releases: v1-13-0 (May 2026), v1-12-0 (Nov 2025),
    v1-11-0 (May 2025). Prior releases remain listed and downloadable to members.
  source: https://www.acord.org/standards-architecture/acord-data-standards/next-generation-digital-standards
  in_url: false
  note: >-
    Versioning applies to the standard, not to a URL path. Trading partners negotiate which
    ACORD release and which message versions they accept; there is no ACORD-operated
    endpoint to version.
deprecation:
  policy_published: true
  artifact: NGDS Master Deprecation List
  mechanism: >-
    ACORD ships a "Master Deprecation List" as one of the NGDS Master Artifacts, alongside
    the Master Object List and Master Resource Definitions, refreshed against the current
    release. Changes reach members first through Standards Enhancement Reports, which are
    proposed, reviewed and voted on by members before a release.
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  rfc8594: false
  gated: true
  gate_note: >-
    The Master Deprecation List is a /file-download/<uuid> link that 302s to Microsoft Entra
    sign-in; only ACORD members with the relevant program can read it.
  source: https://www.acord.org/standards-architecture/acord-data-standards/next-generation-digital-standards
change_process:
  name: ACORD Standards Enhancement Request process
  description: >-
    ACORD facilitates an open standards development process: changes are proposed, presented
    for review, and voted on by members. Standards Project & Advisory Groups carry the work;
    Standards Enhancement Reports publish recent and upcoming changes per standards family.
  reports_observed:
    - P&C XML and AL3 2026-1 SE Report
    - Next-Generation Digital Standards Enhancement Report – April 2026
    - L&A EDI DTCC Standards Enhancements - Current Listing with Voting Results
    - Life & Annuity Forms Standard Enhancement Report 2026-04 (ACORD 782)
    - Life & Annuity Forms Standard Enhancement Report 2026-04 (ACORD 951e)
  source: https://www.acord.org/standards-architecture/get-involved/standards-enhancements
status_page:
  url: https://status.acordsolutions.com/
  operator: ACORD Solutions Group
  platform: Atlassian Statuspage
  machine_readable: true
  api: https://status.acordsolutions.com/api/v2/summary.json
  probed: '2026-08-30'
  http_status: 200
  indicator_at_probe: none
  components_observed:
    - ASG Portal
    - ACORD Conductor
    - ACORD Transcriber
    - Extraction
    - Population
    - API Service (XML/JSON)
    - ACORD Converter
    - Document Conversion
    - AL3 Conversion (v1 service)
    - Mapping
    - ADEPT
    - Messaging Workflows
    - API Services / Document Retrievals
    - Download
    - ADEPT to AMS exchange
    - AMS Service
    - Third Party Status - Xchanging Services
  note: >-
    Subscribers can register for email and SMS incident notifications. This is the strongest
    public runtime signal ACORD publishes and it names live API components by name.
sla:
  published: false
  note: >-
    No public SLA. ADEPT is sold under commercial agreement by ACORD Solutions Group;
    availability commitments are contractual.
deprecated_operations: []
notes: >-
  deprecated_operations is empty by measurement, not by omission: there is no
  ACORD-published OpenAPI to read deprecated flags from. The OpenAPI documents in this repo
  are API Evangelist scaffolds and were deliberately not used as a source here.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com