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UKOLN is supported by:
Technological Innovation in a World of Web APIs
Brian Kelly
UKOLN
University of Bath
Bath, UK
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About The Facilitators
Brian Kelly:• UK Web Focus: a national advisory post• Long-standing Web evangelist (since Jan 1993)• Based at UKOLN, University of Bath, with remit to
advise HE/FE and cultural heritage sectors• Interests include Web 2.0, standards, accessibility
and deployment strategies
Marieke Guy:• Research officer at UKOLN• Recently working on JISC PoWR (Preservation of
Web Resource)• Currently involved in JISC report on “What Makes
a Good API?”
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About This Session
Title:• Technological Innovation in a World of Web APIs
Structure:• An ‘unconference’
Approach:• Some planned sessions; but scope for flexibility• Emphasis on your contributions
Aims:• Explore implications of a development
environment based on Web APIs• Discuss opportunities and challenges• Seek to identify best practices and
recommendations
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About You (1)How many of you are:
• Software developers Develop APIs for use by others Exploit APIs ‘in the cloud’
• JISC employees• Work for a JISC Service • Work on a JISC-funded project• E-learning technologist• Manager / policy maker• Learner• User• Other
NOTE: You may have multiple roles!
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About You (2)
In small groups state:• Your name and institution• What you do• What you feel you can contribute to the
session• What you hope to gain from this session
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The Proposed StructureTime Details Comments
09.00 Introduction to session
What’s Happening Now?
09.30 Defining Web APIs, cloud, …
Examples of usage
Why it’s of interest
10.45 Tea Break
A Vision For The Future
11.15 What are the problems?
Addressing the problems
What should we, JISC, … be doing?
13.00 Finish
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Questions
Any questions or comments?
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What Are We Talking About?
We need to define what we are talking about, in order to avoid misunderstandings:
• Web API: Wikipedia • Cloud computing: Wikipedia • Software as a Service (SaaS): Wikipedia • Platform as a Service (PaaS): Wikipedia• Data as a Service (DaaS): Data Management • Data Cloud: Semantic Web blog, Paul Miller • …
Suggestions for definitions invited
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OTOH it may be better to avoid a rigourous definition and leave society to arrive at an understanding of the term (cf ‘Web 2.0’)
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What’s Happening Today?
Examples of use of Web APIs invited
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What Is It Of Interest?
Why:• Is this session so popular?• Why are ‘Web APIs’ so exciting?
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What Next?
Thoughts for later:• Web APIs are of interest?• We’ve seen examples of their use
But:• What are the barriers?• What are the best practices?• How should we be exploiting Web APIs,
the cloud, … in our institutions?• What should JISC be doing?
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Questions
Any questions or comments?