# Asynchronous API Guidelines

- [Introduction](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/a_introduction.md)
- [Core Asynchronous Principles](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles.md)
- [Event Driven Architectures](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/b_basic_concepts_edas.md)
- [Messages](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/messages.md)
- [Commands](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/messages/commands.md)
- [Queries](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/messages/query.md)
- [Events](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/messages/d_basic_concepts_events.md)
- [Events as Notifications](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/messages/d_basic_concepts_events/events-as-notifications.md)
- [Events to Replicate Data](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/messages/d_basic_concepts_events/events-to-replicate-data.md)
- [Protocols](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/j_protocols.md)
- [Coupling](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/coupling.md)
- [Bounded Context](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/bounded-context.md)
- [Stream Processing](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/stream-processing.md)
- [Naming Conventions](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/i_naming_conventions.md)
- [Tooling](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/tooling.md)
- [Editors](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/tooling/editors.md)
- [Command Line Interface (CLI)](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/tooling/command-line-interface-cli.md)
- [Generators](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/core-asynchronous-principles/tooling/generators.md)
- [Kafka Asynchronous Guidelines](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines.md)
- [Introduction](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/a_introduction.md)
- [Why AsyncAPI?](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/a_introduction/why-asyncapi.md)
- [AsyncAPI Version](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/b_asyncapi_version.md)
- [Internal vs Public Specifications](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/c_internal_public_specs.md)
- [Key/Value Format](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/g_key_value_format.md)
- [Message Headers](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/h_message_headers.md)
- [Specification Granularity](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/d_spec_granularity.md)
- [Self-Contained Specifications](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/f_self_contained_specs.md)
- [Meaningful Descriptions](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/f_self_contained_specs/e_meaningful_descriptions.md)
- [Schema Data Evolution](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/f_schema_data_evolution.md)
- [Backward Compatibility](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/f_schema_data_evolution/backward-compatibility.md)
- [Forward Compatibility](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/f_schema_data_evolution/forward-compatibility.md)
- [Full Compatibility](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/f_schema_data_evolution/full-compatibility.md)
- [Automatic Schema Registration](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/e_schema_registration.md)
- [Contact Information](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/g_contact_information.md)
- [AsyncAPI ID](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/h_asyncapi_id.md)
- [Servers](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/i_servers.md)
- [Channels](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/j_channels.md)
- [Schemas](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/k_schemas.md)
- [Security Schemes](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/l_security_schemes.md)
- [External Docs](/api-guidelines/asynchronous-api-guidelines/kafka-asynchronous-guidelines/m_external_docs.md)