Similar to how Bitcion has BIPs to normalize bitcoin wallets, this is a proposal to normalize the Bitcoin RPC Interface.

Just one example of the problems that arise: If a client doesn't provide getblock or doesn't work in the same way it will have unintended consequences
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Having a standard described interfaces lets you generate documentation, generate RPC clients, test interfaces, across implementations.

Here is the proposal:

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/776