generated: '2026-09-04'
method: searched
source: >-
  github.com/bcgov/api-specs (the first-party spec and its README),
  bcgov.github.io/data-publication (DataBC's publication documentation) and the live
  status_show action.
provider: British Columbia Data Catalogue
providerId: british-columbia-data-catalogue
versioning:
  scheme: path
  pattern: /api/{n}/action/{action}
  current: '3'
  spec_version: 3.0.1
  platform_version: CKAN 2.9.5
  evidence: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3/action/status_show
  detail: >-
    The API major version is carried in the path (/api/3/). The provider's own spec
    instructs clients to confirm the live version by calling status_show rather than
    assuming it, which is an unusually explicit versioning contract for an open-data portal.
  spec_lifecycle:
    evidence: https://github.com/bcgov/api-specs
    current: OAS 3.0.1
    deprecated: OAS 2.0.0
    detail: >-
      bcgov/api-specs publishes an explicit support matrix for the specification format
      itself — current OAS 3.0.1, deprecated OAS 2.0.0 — and carries a "Lifecycle: Stable"
      badge on the repository.
environments:
  - name: Production
    url: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
    status: 200
    checked: '2026-09-04'
  - name: Test
    url: https://cat.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
    status: 200
    checked: '2026-09-04'
    note: >-
      Live and unauthenticated. Its status_show help URL resolves to an internal hostname
      (toyger.data.gov.bc.ca), confirming it is a separate deployment rather than an alias.
  - name: Delivery
    url: https://cad.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
    status: 0
    checked: '2026-09-04'
    note: >-
      Named in the first-party spec's servers[] but did not resolve or connect from this
      probe. Recorded as declared-but-unreachable, not as removed.
deprecation:
  policy_published: false
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  rfc8594: false
  detail: >-
    No deprecation or sunset policy is published for the catalogue API, and no Deprecation
    or Sunset response headers were observed. The spec marks no operation deprecated.
  operations_marked_deprecated: []
  note: >-
    Several operations the spec still lists — package_revision_list,
    organization_revision_list, related_list, package_activity_list_html — were removed or
    reworked in CKAN after 2.9. They are recorded here as a stale-contract risk, not as a
    provider deprecation notice, because DataBC publishes no such notice.
sla:
  published: false
  detail: No service level agreement or availability target is published for the catalogue API.
status_page:
  published: false
  probed:
    - url: https://status.data.gov.bc.ca/
      status: 0
      note: Did not resolve or connect.
  detail: >-
    No status page was found for the BC Data Catalogue. No StatusPage pointer is emitted.
changelog:
  published: false
  detail: >-
    DataBC publishes no dated changelog for the catalogue API. The only dated release
    history in this surface belongs to the R client (github.com/bcgov/bcdata/releases),
    which is the SDK's changelog, not the API's. No ChangeLog artifact or pointer is
    emitted rather than passing an SDK history off as the API's.
support:
  contact_email: data@gov.bc.ca
  errors_email: datacat@gov.bc.ca
  geospatial_contact: datamaps@gov.bc.ca
  evidence:
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bcgov/api-specs/master/bcdc/bcdc.json
    - https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3/action/status_show