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+# SAIA File Format
+
+File | Cardinality | Definition | Schema | Example
+:--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :---
+`<name>.saia.json` | 1 | [`zif_aff_saia_v1.intf.abap`](./type/zif_aff_saia_v1.intf.abap) | [`saia-v1.json`](./saia-v1.json) | [`z_aff_example_saia.saia.json`](./examples/z_aff_example_saia.saia.json)
diff --git a/file-formats/saia/examples/z_aff_example_saia.saia.json b/file-formats/saia/examples/z_aff_example_saia.saia.json
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+{
+  "formatVersion": "1",
+  "header": {
+    "description": "IDE Action (SAIA) Example Object",
+    "originalLanguage": "en"
+  },
+  "generalInformation": {
+    "title": "SAIA AFF Demo Action",
+    "summary": "This is a demo action for AFF.",
+    "implementingClass": "ZCL_DEMO_IMPL_CLASS",
+    "inputUiConfigurationClass": "ZCL_DEMO_INPUT_UI_CONFIG_CLASS"
+  },
+  "filters": {
+    "numberOfFocusedResources": "exactlyOne",
+    "supportedDevObjectTypes": [
+      {
+        "workbenchObjectType": "BDEF",
+        "workbenchObjectSubtype": "BAC"
+      },
+      {
+        "workbenchObjectType": "CLAS"
+      },
+      {
+        "workbenchObjectType": "INTF",
+        "workbenchObjectSubtype": "IO"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/file-formats/saia/saia-v1.json b/file-formats/saia/saia-v1.json
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+{
+  "$comment": "This file is autogenerated, do not edit manually, see https://github.com/SAP/abap-file-formats for more information.",
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$id": "https://github.com/SAP/abap-file-formats/blob/main/file-formats/saia/saia-v1.json",
+  "title": "IDE Action",
+  "description": "IDE action (SAIA) v1",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "formatVersion": {
+      "title": "Format Version",
+      "description": "Format version",
+      "type": "string",
+      "const": "1"
+    },
+    "header": {
+      "title": "Header",
+      "description": "Header",
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "description": {
+          "title": "Description",
+          "description": "Description of the ABAP object",
+          "type": "string",
+          "maxLength": 100
+        },
+        "originalLanguage": {
+          "title": "Original Language",
+          "description": "Original language of the ABAP object",
+          "type": "string",
+          "minLength": 2
+        },
+        "abapLanguageVersion": {
+          "title": "ABAP Language Version",
+          "description": "ABAP language version",
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": [
+            "standard",
+            "keyUser",
+            "cloudDevelopment"
+          ],
+          "enumTitles": [
+            "Standard",
+            "ABAP for Key Users",
+            "ABAP Cloud Development"
+          ],
+          "enumDescriptions": [
+            "Standard",
+            "ABAP for key user extensibility",
+            "ABAP cloud development"
+          ],
+          "default": "standard"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": [
+        "description",
+        "originalLanguage"
+      ]
+    },
+    "generalInformation": {
+      "title": "General Information",
+      "description": "General information",
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "title": {
+          "title": "Title",
+          "description": "Title",
+          "type": "string",
+          "maxLength": 30
+        },
+        "summary": {
+          "title": "Summary",
+          "description": "What is the action doing and how can it be used",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "implementingClass": {
+          "title": "Implementing Class",
+          "description": "Implementing class for handling the action input. Needs to implement interface {@link if_aia_action }.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "maxLength": 30
+        },
+        "inputUiConfigurationClass": {
+          "title": "Input UI Configuration Class",
+          "description": "Input UI configuration class for implementing the server-driven UI input configuration. Needs to implement interface {@link IF_AIA_SD_ACTION_INPUT }.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "maxLength": 30
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "required": [
+        "title",
+        "summary"
+      ]
+    },
+    "filters": {
+      "title": "Filter: Cardinality",
+      "description": "Filtering of application of action according to cardinality and object types",
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "numberOfFocusedResources": {
+          "title": "Number of Focused Resources",
+          "description": "Number of focused resources",
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": [
+            "exactlyOne",
+            "atLeastOne",
+            "moreThanOne",
+            "any"
+          ],
+          "enumTitles": [
+            "One",
+            "At least One",
+            "At least Two",
+            "Any"
+          ],
+          "enumDescriptions": [
+            "One",
+            "At least one",
+            "At least two",
+            "Any"
+          ],
+          "default": "any"
+        },
+        "supportedDevObjectTypes": {
+          "title": "Filter: Object Types",
+          "description": "Filtering of action according to specified object types",
+          "type": "array",
+          "uniqueItems": true,
+          "items": {
+            "title": "Object Type",
+            "description": "Object type",
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "workbenchObjectType": {
+                "title": "Object Type",
+                "description": "Object type",
+                "type": "string",
+                "maxLength": 4
+              },
+              "workbenchObjectSubtype": {
+                "title": "Object Subtype",
+                "description": "Object subtype",
+                "type": "string",
+                "maxLength": 3
+              }
+            },
+            "additionalProperties": false
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "required": [
+    "formatVersion",
+    "header",
+    "generalInformation"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/file-formats/saia/type/zif_aff_saia_v1.intf.abap b/file-formats/saia/type/zif_aff_saia_v1.intf.abap
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+INTERFACE zif_aff_saia_v1
+  PUBLIC.
+
+  "! <p class="shorttext">Object Type</p>
+  "! Object type
+  TYPES ty_wb_object_type     TYPE c LENGTH 4.
+  "! <p class="shorttext">Object Subtype</p>
+  "! Object sub-type
+  TYPES ty_wb_object_sub_type TYPE c LENGTH 3.
+
+  TYPES:
+    "! <p class="shorttext">Object Type</p>
+    "! Object type
+    BEGIN OF ty_workbench_object_type,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">Object Type</p>
+      "! Object type
+      workbench_object_type    TYPE ty_wb_object_type,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">Object Subtype</p>
+      "! Object subtype
+      workbench_object_subtype TYPE ty_wb_object_sub_type,
+    END OF ty_workbench_object_type.
+
+  "! <p class="shorttext">Filter: Object Types</p>
+  "! Filter for object types
+  TYPES ty_workbench_object_types      TYPE SORTED TABLE OF ty_workbench_object_type WITH UNIQUE DEFAULT KEY.
+
+  "! $values { @link zif_aff_saia_v1.data:co_number_of_focused_resources }
+  "! $default { @link zif_aff_saia_v1.data:co_number_of_focused_resources.any }
+  TYPES ty_number_of_focused_resources TYPE string.
+
+  CONSTANTS:
+    "! <p class="shorttext">Number of Focused Resources</p>
+    "! Number of focused resources
+    BEGIN OF co_number_of_focused_resources,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">One</p>
+      "! One
+      exactly_one   TYPE ty_number_of_focused_resources VALUE 'EXACTLY_ONE',
+      "! <p class="shorttext">At least One</p>
+      "! At least one
+      at_least_one  TYPE ty_number_of_focused_resources VALUE 'AT_LEAST_ONE',
+      "! <p class="shorttext">At least Two</p>
+      "! At least two
+      more_than_one TYPE ty_number_of_focused_resources VALUE 'MORE_THAN_ONE',
+      "! <p class="shorttext">Any</p>
+      "! Any
+      any           TYPE ty_number_of_focused_resources VALUE 'ANY',
+    END OF co_number_of_focused_resources.
+
+  TYPES:
+    "! <p class="shorttext">Filter: Cardinality</p>
+    "! Filtering of action according to specified applicable criteria.
+    "! If filter is satisfied then the action is available and will be shown.
+    "! $required
+    BEGIN OF ty_filters,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">Number of Focused Resources</p>
+      "! Number of focused resources
+      number_of_focused_resources TYPE ty_number_of_focused_resources,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">Filter: Object Types</p>
+      "! Filtering of action according to specified object types
+      supported_dev_object_types  TYPE ty_workbench_object_types,
+    END OF ty_filters.
+
+  "! <p class="shorttext">Title</p>
+  "! title
+  TYPES ty_action_title TYPE c LENGTH 30.
+
+  TYPES:
+    "! <p class="shorttext">IDE Action</p>
+    "! IDE action
+    "! $required
+    BEGIN OF ty_adt_saia_object,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">Title</p>
+      "! Title
+      "! $required
+      title                        TYPE ty_action_title,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">Summary</p>
+      "! What is the action doing and how can it be used
+      "! $required
+      summary                      TYPE string,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">Implementing Class</p>
+      "! Implementing class for handling the action input. Needs to implement interface  {@link if_aia_action }.
+      implementing_class           TYPE zif_aff_types_v1=>ty_object_name_30,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">Input UI Configuration Class</p>
+      "! Input UI configuration class for implementing the server-driven UI input configuration.
+      "! Needs to implement interface {@link IF_AIA_SD_ACTION_INPUT }.
+      input_ui_configuration_class TYPE zif_aff_types_v1=>ty_object_name_30,
+    END OF ty_adt_saia_object.
+
+  TYPES:
+    "! <p class="shorttext">IDE Action</p>
+    "! IDE action (SAIA) v1
+    BEGIN OF ty_main,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">Format Version</p>
+      "! Format version
+      "! $required
+      format_version      TYPE zif_aff_types_v1=>ty_format_version,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">Header</p>
+      "! Header
+      "! $required
+      header              TYPE zif_aff_types_v1=>ty_header_100,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">General Information</p>
+      "! General information
+      "! $required
+      general_information TYPE ty_adt_saia_object,
+      "! <p class="shorttext">Filter: Cardinality</p>
+      "! Filtering of application of action according to cardinality and object types
+      filters             TYPE ty_filters,
+    END OF ty_main.
+
+ENDINTERFACE.
diff --git a/file-formats/saia/type/zif_aff_saia_v1.intf.json b/file-formats/saia/type/zif_aff_saia_v1.intf.json
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+{
+  "formatVersion": "1",
+  "header": {
+    "description": "types for abap file format of ide actions",
+    "originalLanguage": "en"
+  }
+}