Which RESTful API Design Rules are Important and How Do They Improve Software Quality? A Delphi Study with Industry Experts

<p>The dataset of a Delphi study with 8 industry experts who reached consensus on the perceived importance and positive software quality impact of 82 RESTful API design rules from the catalogue by Mark&nbsp;Mass&eacute;&nbsp;(&quot;REST API Design Rulebook&quot;,&nbsp;O&rsquo;Reilly Media, 2011). The replication package contains:</p> <ul> <li><strong>rules.csv:</strong> the final consensus results for the 82 rules in CSV format</li> <li><strong>rule-importance.xlsx</strong>: the detailed results and analysis for rule importance as an Excel spreadsheet</li> <li><strong>rule-sw-quality-impact.xlsx</strong>:&nbsp;the detailed results and analysis for rule impact on software quality as an Excel spreadsheet</li> </ul> <p>In this version, we updated the final numbers for the software quality mapping with the results from the synchronous meeting.</p>