The document discusses the implementation of open APIs and mashups to enhance collaboration in the disaster reduction community, enabling content sharing and integration of various data sources. It explains the use of HTTP and XML for web services and presents examples of how PreventionWeb facilitates data access and collaboration among partners. The document also emphasizes the importance of avoiding duplication of efforts and providing a platform for users to share their own content.

1. Open APIs and Mashups © PreventionWeb 2007 www.preventionweb.net Ideas that worked for us… Sujit Mohanty UNISDR Secretariat, Geneva

2. What we wanted to achieve? © PreventionWeb 2007 www.preventionweb.net To facilitate collaboration in the disaster reduction community. To avoid duplication of efforts in content collection and dissemination. To provide our users a way to generate and share their own content. To share content with other partners. To overlay data on partners data sources to have an integrated experience.

3. What’s open APIs and mashups? OpenAPI (Application Programming Interface) Sets of technologies that enable websites to interact with each other by using SOAP,REST, Javascript or any other web technology. Mashups A mashup is a website or web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated experience. Content used in mashups is typically sourced from a third party via a public interface or API . Source: Wikipedia

4. Examples of open APIs allowing mashups Screenshot from : www.programmableweb.com www.programmableweb.com is a site which tracks APIs and mashups.

5. More on APIs and mashups http://www.programmableweb.com http://www.webmashup.com/ http://www.mashupcamp.com/ http://www.apifinder.com/ http://mashable.com/ Want to provide an API? Try http://www.dapper.net/ http://www.kapowtech.com/

6. So what did we do? Using a middleware technology or a SOAP API was complex for us. Used HTTP (GET and POST) and XML to provide web services to our partners.

7. Examples from PreventionWeb Web services for: Academic programmes database Guided shared links- (service for Information Platform for Disaster Reduction) Shared events calendar Contacts management

8. Print as PDF with CADRI branding Call to action for adding content Print as PDF with NSET branding Call to action for adding content Partners website HTTP+ XML HTTP+ XML By machine tagging UNISDR regional websites P W A P I Academic programmes in disaster risk reduction PreventionWeb CADRI site NSET, Nepal site

9. Principles Distributed content Distributed call to action Distributed output (own branded) Machine tagging in API

10. IPDR(Information Platform for Disaster Reduction) Guided links to all partner site Printed version Template for entry P W A P I Based on concept diagram of Craig Duncan, ISDR Secretariat, Geneva Other partners site ADRC, Japan site PreventionWeb NSET, Nepal site All partners* get links in their own style * Currently 30

11. Questions?