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==History==
[[Swagger (software)|Swagger]] development began in early 2010 by Tony Tam, who was working at online dictionary company [[Wordnik]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sdtimes.com/apis/swagger-creator-joins-smartbear/|title=Swagger creator joins SmartBear|access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref> After a meetup talk with Kin Lane (OpenAPI Steering committee) and Tony Tam on June 12, 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/orubel/51395611149|title=API Design Panel|access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref> Kin Lane approached [https://www.slideshare.net/bobdobbes/io-state-in-distributed-api-architecture Owen Rubel] who was working on a similar approach and borrowed his ideas for the new Swagger 2.0 spec (which would eventually become OpenAPI).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/orubel/51394882216|title=Kin Lane Confesses To Borrowing OpenAPI ideas from separate project|access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref>
 
In March 2015, [[SmartBear Software]] acquired the open-source Swagger API specification from Reverb Technologies, Wordnik's parent company.<ref>{{Cite web|title = SmartBear Assumes Sponsorship of Swagger API Open Source Project|url = https://smartbear.com/news/news-releases/sponsorship-of-swagger/|website = SmartBear|access-date = 2015-03-25}}</ref>