Ratified and Public APIs

Once a Khronos embedded media authoring and acceleration API or tool has been ratified by the Work Groups and the Promoters, it becomes public for royalty free use by developers. The currently ratified APIS are:

• OpenGL
• OpenKODE
• OpenGL ES
  • OpenGL ES 1.X for Fixed Function Hardware
  • OpenGL ES 2.X for Programmable Hardware
  • OpenGL ES-SC for Safety Critical
• OpenVG
• OpenMAX IL & OpenMAX DL
• EGL
• OpenML
• COLLADA

Khronos API Registry

The Khronos API registry contains specifications, header files, extension specifications, enumerant and function registries, and other related documentation for Khronos APIs.

Specifications, Whitepapers, Header Files, Manuals, and SDKs

This is a comprehensive listing of all API specifications, errata, header files, SDKs, whitepapers, and manuals for all of the publicly available APIs and tools.

Developer Resources for Public APIs

A listing of Open Source and Commercial Implementations, Tutorials, and Sample Code

Developer Message Boards

Khronos Members may subscribe to any of the API mailing lists, attend face to face meetings, or join in telecoferences to influence or gain early access to any of the specifications. Non-members may participate by joining in the public message boards. The message boards are frequented by all of the API development engineers and architects.