Acceso follows a set of engineering principles that guide platform design and evolution. These principles are the “contract behind the contract”.
Deep dive: principles in practice
Consistency
All APIs return normalized response structures regardless of the underlying protocol or data source.
Why it matters
Reduces client-side parsing and vendor-specific branches.
Minimizes integration drift when you add new venues or datasets.
What to expect
One mental model for core resources and analytics views.
Stable field naming conventions across sources.
Reliability
Caching, rate limiting, authentication, and failover handling are implemented at the platform level to ensure predictable behavior under load.
Why it matters
Production systems need bounded failure modes.
Automation and agents need repeatable request behavior.
What to expect
Clear operational limits and predictable throttling behavior.
Platform-managed resilience rather than per-client reliability logic.
Separation of concerns
Protocol-specific logic, access control, data delivery, and monitoring are isolated into dedicated services. This allows internal systems to evolve without impacting consumers.
Why it matters
Protocols change quickly. Client contracts should not.
Scaling ingestion and real-time delivery requires independent evolution.
What to expect
New capabilities can ship without rewriting existing integrations.
Protocol additions do not change existing API contracts.
