Displaying APIs and Products in categories

You can create taxonomies in the Developer Portal, which dictate the categorization of APIs and Products, and how they are displayed. The taxonomies that you define can be used by API developers to categorize APIs and Products in YAML files.

You might want to create taxonomies to control which set of APIs and products can and cannot be used in the Developer Portal.

By default, all taxonomies must be created in the Developer Portal. For more information, see Managing tags in the Developer Portal.

After you create your taxonomies for your APIs and Products, API developers can assign content to those taxonomies manually in the Developer Portal, or by using categories in YAML files.

However, if you create categories for your APIs and Products in the API Designer or API Manager UI, you can have your APIs and Products that are displayed in those categories in the Developer Portal. For more information about how to create categories for your APIs and Products in the API Designer or API Manager UI, see Organizing your Products into categories. For information about how to have your APIs and Products that are displayed in those categories in the Developer Portal, see Enabling dynamic category creation.

You can add more Developer Portal taxonomies to the categories that are defined in the API Designer or API Manager UI.

You can also provide the ability for users in the Developer Portal to navigate by using tag hierarchy. For more information, see Providing navigation by tag hierarchy.