Distribution Specification

The Distribution API (currently 0.3) defines how buildpacks, extensions, and builders are packaged as OCI artifacts and published to OCI registries. Covers labels (io.buildpacks.buildpack.api, io.buildpacks.buildpack.layers), multi-buildpack OCI artifacts, and image extension distribution.

Distribution Specification is one of 7 APIs that buildpacks-io publishes on the APIs.io network.

Tagged areas include Cloud Native Buildpacks, Distribution, OCI, and CNCF. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: buildpacks-io:distribution-spec
name: Distribution Specification
tags:
- Cloud Native Buildpacks
- Distribution
- OCI
- CNCF
humanURL: https://github.com/buildpacks/spec/blob/main/distribution.md
properties:
- url: https://github.com/buildpacks/spec/blob/main/distribution.md
  type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/buildpacks/spec
  type: Repository
description: The Distribution API (currently 0.3) defines how buildpacks, extensions, and builders are
  packaged as OCI artifacts and published to OCI registries. Covers labels (io.buildpacks.buildpack.api,
  io.buildpacks.buildpack.layers), multi-buildpack OCI artifacts, and image extension distribution.