APIs can help transform government digitally by allowing them to iterate quickly at a lower cost and respond better to user needs. APIs enable governments to build upon existing resources and make services more open and accessible. While APIs provide benefits, further work is still needed, including developing standards, improving API findability, and sharing best practices internationally.

1. Rosalie Marshall
Lead technical advisor
Government Digital Service
@Rosaliemarshall

2. Using APIs to deliver digital
transformation...

3. What is an API?

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Data-intense, design simple.

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APIs help us iterate. Then iterate again.

6. How can APIs help
government transform?

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APIs help us respond to the digital
needs of our users

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APIs let us try (and fail) faster (at a lower
cost)

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APIs help us work with what we have

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APIs make things open, making things
better

11. How we can make the best
use of APIs

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The strategy is the delivery

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Build for inclusion

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W3C Consortium
Linux foundation
The Document Foundation
Open API Initiative
Unicode Consortium
EU – Multi Stakeholder platform
Open Data Institute

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Do the hard work to make things simple

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Consistent not uniform

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Write once, use many

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The team is the unit of delivery

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Work on the changes that matter

23. What next?

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Standards - further iteration, while
keeping them ‘bare bones’
Findability of APIs to help reuse
Community events to share best
practice, crit APIs
Internationally learning what works

25. Summary

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1. APIs help government meet user
needs
1. APIs help government move faster
1. Still lots of work to do (standards,
community, etc) - get involved!

27. Thanks!
Rosalie Marshall
@rosaliemarshall