generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://www.boem.gov/oil-gas-energy/mapping-and-data,
  https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/mapping-and-data,
  https://www.boem.gov/about-boem/disclaimer-liability-and-endorsement,
  https://www.boem.gov/operating-status, and live probes of gis.boem.gov 2026-09-05
note: |
  BOEM publishes NO API lifecycle policy of any kind. There is no versioning policy, no
  deprecation policy, no Sunset or Deprecation header (RFC 8594) on any observed response, no
  SLA, no service status page and no changelog for the data services. This is not an oversight
  we can guess around — it is the finding.

  Two pages exist that a sweep could mistake for lifecycle documents, and both are recorded here
  so they are not miswired:
    * https://www.boem.gov/operating-status is the AGENCY's office open/closed notice
      (it read "Operating Status: Open" on 2026-09-05). It says nothing about API or service
      availability. No StatusPage pointer is wired on the strength of it.
    * https://www.boem.gov/about-boem/disclaimer-liability-and-endorsement is a US federal
      disclaimer of liability and endorsement. It is the closest thing BOEM has to terms of
      service and is wired as TermsOfService, but it carries no availability commitment.
versioning:
  policy_published: false
  scheme: product-version, not API-version
  detail: >-
    No version appears in any URL. The ArcGIS REST directory reports currentVersion 11.3; WMS is
    served at 1.3.0 and WFS at 2.0.0, each negotiable with the standard `version=` parameter.
    Breaking change therefore arrives as an Esri platform upgrade or a service republish, with
    no announcement channel.
  evidence: >-
    https://gis.boem.gov/server/rest/services?f=json returned {"currentVersion":11.3,...} on
    2026-09-05
deprecation:
  policy_published: false
  sunset_header: false
  deprecation_header: false
  evidence: >-
    no Sunset, Deprecation or Link rel="deprecation" header was present on any response observed
    on 2026-09-05. Do NOT wire a Deprecation pointer for this provider.
  observed_decay:
    - surface: BOEM_BSEE/MMC_Layers
      note: >-
        the Marine Minerals regional service still publishes "Proposed Final OCS Oil and Gas
        Leasing Program 2012-2017", "OCS Proposed Final Program Areas 2017-2022", "2009 Vessel
        Traffic (AIS)" and "2010 Vessel Traffic (AIS)" as live layers. These describe expired
        leasing programs and 16-year-old vessel traffic. Nothing in the contract marks them
        superseded — an agent reading the layer list cannot tell current data from historic.
    - surface: layer id numbering
      note: >-
        MMC_Layers layer ids are non-contiguous (0,1,2,4,5,7,8,10,11,12,15,19,20,21,22,23,29,31)
        and GOA_Layers skips id 10 — the gaps are removed layers with no tombstone. Enumerate
        ids from the MapServer document; never assume a range.
sla:
  published: false
status_page:
  published: false
  note: >-
    no service status page, no status.* host, no uptime history. The only status surface is the
    agency operating-status page described above, which is not an API status signal.
changelog:
  published: false
  note: >-
    no dated changelog for the data services. https://www.boem.gov/rss.xml is a newsroom feed
    (HTTP 200, application/rss+xml) covering agency press releases, not service changes — it is
    wired as Blog, not as ChangeLog.
support:
  channel: general agency contact only
  url: https://www.boem.gov/about-boem/contact-us
  note: >-
    there is no developer support channel, no forum, no issue tracker and no GitHub organisation
    for BOEM. A consumer with a question about the WFS defect recorded in conformance/ has no
    technical route to report it.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com