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 .

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

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

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

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

Guidelines and recommendations

Briefing papers and articles

A workshop

A easy way to pass on suggestions to JISC for future plans

Questions?