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JISC Good APIs Project

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Marieke Guy
Marieke Guy

UKOLN is supported by JISC to conduct the "Good APIs" project from October 2008 to March 2009. The project aims to provide guidance to UK higher and further education institutions on selecting and implementing effective application programming interfaces (APIs) by identifying best practices, reviewing current API usage, and developing recommendations. The project will produce guidelines, reports, and host a workshop to share findings with the sector.

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UKOLN is supported by: JISC Good APIs Project Marieke Guy, UKOLN CETIS Conference 26 th November 2008
What’s it All About? The ‘Good APIs’ project aims to provide JISC and the sector with information and advice on the factors that encourage use of machine interfaces, based on existing practice .
When, Where, Who? October 2008 – March 2009 All around the UK HE/FE sector UKOLN: me (a non-technical person) with support from Brian Kelly … with hopefully (lots of) input from the HE/FE community
Using APIs We’d like to: Define a set of criteria to use when selecting third party machine interfaces for use Identify instances of effective use of third party machine interfaces and document e.g. use of: commercial sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Google non-commercial sites such as SherpaRoMEO Draw general lessons
Making APIs available We’d like to: Define good practice when making services available using APIs Produce a report reviewing current practice in UK HE – chatting to developers, conducting a survey etc. Provide recommendations that would help improve the situation
What Will You Get Out Of It? Guidelines and recommendations Briefing papers and articles A workshop A easy way to pass on suggestions to JISC for future plans
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JISC Good APIs Project

  • 1. UKOLN is supported by: JISC Good APIs Project Marieke Guy, UKOLN CETIS Conference 26 th November 2008
  • 2. What’s it All About? The ‘Good APIs’ project aims to provide JISC and the sector with information and advice on the factors that encourage use of machine interfaces, based on existing practice .
  • 3. When, Where, Who? October 2008 – March 2009 All around the UK HE/FE sector UKOLN: me (a non-technical person) with support from Brian Kelly … with hopefully (lots of) input from the HE/FE community
  • 4. Using APIs We’d like to: Define a set of criteria to use when selecting third party machine interfaces for use Identify instances of effective use of third party machine interfaces and document e.g. use of: commercial sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Google non-commercial sites such as SherpaRoMEO Draw general lessons
  • 5. Making APIs available We’d like to: Define good practice when making services available using APIs Produce a report reviewing current practice in UK HE – chatting to developers, conducting a survey etc. Provide recommendations that would help improve the situation
  • 6. What Will You Get Out Of It? Guidelines and recommendations Briefing papers and articles A workshop A easy way to pass on suggestions to JISC for future plans