.NET Standard Library

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.NET technology API specification

The .NET Standard Library is a formal specification of .NET APIs designed to provide a common, cross-platform base for building reusable libraries across different .NET implementations.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
.NET Standard 2
Base Class Library 1
CoreFX 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf .NET technology ⓘ
API specification ⓘ
alsoKnownAs .NET Standard Library ⓘ
surface form: .NET Standard
announced around 2016 ⓘ
benefit simplifies multi-targeting of libraries ⓘ
single binary can run on multiple .NET implementations ⓘ
category software development standard ⓘ
defines set of .NET APIs ⓘ
uniform API surface ⓘ
designedFor code sharing ⓘ
cross-platform development ⓘ
reusable libraries ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
documentedAt https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/net-standard ⓘ
firstStableVersion 1.0 ⓘ
governs API availability across .NET implementations ⓘ
hasComponent .NET Standard Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Base Class Library
includesNamespace System ⓘ
System.Collections ⓘ
System.IO ⓘ
LINQ ⓘ
surface form: System.Linq

System.Net ⓘ
System.Reflection ⓘ
System.Threading ⓘ
introducedBy .NET Core team ⓘ
notableVersion 1.0 ⓘ
1.3 ⓘ
1.6 ⓘ
2.0 ⓘ
2.1 ⓘ
partOf .NET ecosystem ⓘ
platform .NET ecosystem ⓘ
surface form: .NET
purpose to improve portability of .NET libraries ⓘ
to provide a common base of APIs for all .NET implementations ⓘ
to reduce API fragmentation across .NET platforms ⓘ
replaced portable class libraries (PCLs) ⓘ
status still supported for library targeting ⓘ
supersededBy .NET 5 unified target framework model ⓘ
supports .NET 5 and later via compatibility mapping ⓘ
.NET Core ⓘ
.NET Framework ⓘ
Mono ⓘ
Universal Windows Platform ⓘ
Xamarin ⓘ
targetFrameworkMoniker netstandard ⓘ
usedWith NuGet package manager ⓘ
surface form: NuGet packages
versioningModel monotonic versioning where higher versions are supersets of lower versions ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

.NET Standard Library → alsoKnownAs → .NET Standard Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: .NET Standard
C# programming language → ecosystem → .NET Standard Library ⓘ
subject surface form: C#
.NET Standard Library → hasComponent → .NET Standard Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Base Class Library
.NET Core → includesComponent → .NET Standard Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: CoreFX
.NET Core → supportsStandard → .NET Standard Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: .NET Standard