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Create API and SDK Documentation for Software Developers

Documenting application programming interface or APIs and software developer kits (SDK) requires a topic-based authoring approach to content development.

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MadCap Software offers industry-leading tools designed to streamline the creation, management, and delivery of API documentation and software development kit (SDK) code. Our flagship products, MadCap Flare and IXIA CCMS, provide robust and versatile solutions tailored to meet your specific business’ documentation needs.

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MadCap Flare: The Ultimate Tool for API & SDK Documentation

MadCap Flare simplifies the creation of comprehensive and user-friendly API & SDK documentation. With its topic-based, single-sourcing capabilities, you can efficiently develop detailed API guides and reference materials, ensuring content consistency across various platforms. Flare's intuitive interface and powerful features enable technical writers and developers to collaborate seamlessly, reducing content duplication and enhancing productivity.

Keep in mind that the primary audiences of APIs are software developers. They tend to be very direct, factual, and interested in what the software does, not in any marketing hype about how well, fast, easy to use some tool is to use, and so on.

Ed Marshall | Technical Writer, Marshall Documentation Consulting

Why MadCap Software?

USED TO CREATE

API Documentation
SDK Documentation
Developer Resource Guides

Knowledge Bases
Release Notes

USED BY

Technical Writers
Product Managers

Software Developer and Coders
Customer Support Teams

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Create API and SDK Documentation

Organize and Manage Content with Ease

You don't need programming experience when writing API documentation, but you do need a good documentation solution that makes it easy to organize and manage content.

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APIs have no graphical interface; therefore, our customers only receive documentation and credentials. Flare’s features make it easy to provide a rich knowledge base to support our API customers.
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Lori Guillory
Senior Technical Communicator | Travelport

Provide a Consistent User Experience

Our API documentation tool allows you to create Reference Guides, Troubleshooting Guides and Getting Started Guides, all from the same project. Flare manages all content, search, tables, flowcharts and more, all in a single solution.

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Overall, our new documentation is much more contemporary and accessible, and it delivers a far superior customer experience. This wouldn’t have been possible without Flare.
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Linda Kelley
Senior Information Developer | Synergex

Support Multiple Versions with the Same Source Documentation

MadCap Flare makes it easy to support multiple versions of products, software releases and web API versions. Conditional text, structured data, snippets, table of contents, and global project linking lets you link to a library of shared common content.

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New API versions can break existing functionality. MadCap Flare makes it easy to support multiple versions of our API.
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Lori Guillory
Senior Technical Communicator | Travelport

IXIA CCMS: The Premier Solution for Structured API Documentation

IXIA CCMS is a powerful, DITA-compliant Component Content Management System designed for managing structured content across large-scale API documentation projects. Ideal for technical writers and developers, IXIA CCMS streamlines the creation of accurate and consistent API or SDK documentation. Its topic-based authoring and robust content reuse capabilities ensure consistency, reduce duplication, and simplify the management of complex documentation requirements.

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It was a big challenge for us to create and manage DITA content. With no CCMS use case in Japan, it was a courageous decision for us to choose a CCMS. Plus, our master language of Japanese is structured differently than western languages. With the support of the unified IXIASOFT Japan and HQ, however, our comprehensive documentation process achieved orbit without any accidents, and we succeeded in significant translation cost reduction. Arigato, IXIASOFT!
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Masaki Hori
Strategic Planner | Omron

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