Our world is based on trust. Trust between humans , trust between companies, trust for the system. It is only because of this trust that we invest for the future and we build things. It is the same for internet and APIs. I explain here how trust will enable the web-as-a-platform and I point whate are the threats today on the API economy. I aslo propose a criteria system in an API rating agency that i'm building.

1. ECONOMY,
POLITICS & APIs
TRUST IN THE API ECONOMY

3. ABOUT ME
Mehdi Medjaoui
@Webshell_ webshell.
io
@api500 api500.
com
{"apis": "the joy"} apijoy.tumblr.
com

4. IN
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CONTENT
1990'
USERS
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2000'
2010'

5. MOBILE THE
FUTURE OF
SOFTWARE !
Last year...

7. Apps power mobile.

8. APIs power Apps.
Apps power mobile.

9. FUTURE OF SOFTWARE
2005

11. FUTURE OF SOFTWARE
Google Maps
Facebook
Twitter
2005 2010

13. FUTURE OF SOFTWARE
Google Maps
Facebook
Twitter
2005 2010 2015

14. Klout (raised $40M)
Facebook
Twitter
Linkedin
Foursquare
Instagram
Tumblr
Blogger
SCORE
2 trendy APIs driven product in 2013
Siri or Google now
Movie Theater
Google Maps
Weatherbug
Twitter
Citysearch
Wolphram alpha
Eventful
Yelp
Opentable
Alchemy
Nuance
50APIs
SRI AI

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CONTENT
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USERS
MOBILE
2000'
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CONTENT
1990'
USERS
MOBILE
2000'
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17. CONTENT
1990'
USERS
APIs
2000'
2010'
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18. Open API economy is coming!

19. API
Classical products distribution
Web service distributed via an API

20. issuefor all API platforms
BIG

22. 20TH CENTURY SUPPLY CHAIN

23. 21TH CENTURY SUPPLY CHAIN

24. WHAT'S TRUST?
?
?
?

25. Long time to build...

27. TRUST IN
BUSINESS?

29. GIVE ME
WHAT YOU
PROMISED

30. AND I'LL
TRUST THE
ECOSYSTEM

31. This is why
we call
credit credit

32. NATIONAL
DEBT
COMPANIES
PEOPLE

33. TRUST

34. WE NEEDED TO
NOT TO
REINVENT
THE WHEEL

35. AND PROMOTED
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT

36. 21TH CENTURY SUPPLY CHAIN

37. TRUST IN
BUSINESS 2.0?

38. TRUST IS THAT I'M SURE
THAT WHAT YOU YOU
PROMISE ME TO DELIVER
YOU'LL GIVE ME

40. ~50
APIs

41. WE NEED TO
NOT TO
REINVENT
THE WHEEL

42. AND PROMOTE
data and services
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT

43. What are the
threats on the
open API
economy?

44. What is open?
● Access

45. What is open?
● Access
● Transparency

46. What is open?
● Access
● Transparency
● Freedom and reusability

47. What is open?
● Access
● Transparency
● Freedom and reusability
● Neutrality

48. Openness is
based on
Trust

49. API CHANGES

51. STABILITY
EVOLUTION

52. Few examples
Salesforce
Facebook
Face.com, simplegeo

53. API Strategy
&ToS

56. API Terms of
Service?
Didn't Read!

57. API NEUTRALITY

58. NET NEUTRALITY
● Absolute non discrimination to 3rd-party
● Limited discrimination without tiering
● First-come First-served

59. OPEN API NEUTRALITY
● Absolute non discrimination to 3rd-party
● Limited discrimination without tiering
● First-come First-served

60. COPYRIGHT

61. Not Copyrightable :
Lists
Copyrightable : custom
creation

62. API design?
Oracle Vs Google
case

63. THREATS RESUME
Maintenance & delivery
Terms of service & Neutrality
Copyright

64. Finally, how to give
trust to developers?

65. OPEN API PYRAMID OF NEEDS
Basic Access

66. OPEN API PYRAMID OF NEEDS
Consistency
Basic Access

67. OPEN API PYRAMID OF NEEDS
Design
Consistency
Basic Access

68. OPEN API PYRAMID OF NEEDS
Policy
Design
Consistency
Basic Access

69. OPEN API PYRAMID OF NEEDS
Policy
Design
Consistency
Basic Access
Confidence

70. OPEN API PYRAMID OF NEEDS
Policy
Design
Consistency
Neutrality
Basic Access
Confidence

71. OPEN API PYRAMID OF NEEDS
Policy
Design
Consistency
Neutrality
Basic Access
Confidence
TRUST

72. THE SOLUTION

73. API RATING
CRITERIAS

74. API Design and
documentation
Trust in the
company
API team
involvement
API
ecosystem
API
Policy

75. Trust in the company
● Business
● API driven/oriented
● Developer policy
● Financial results

76. API Design and documentation
● Protocol
● Data
● Documentation
● SDK
● Console examples
● Versioning

77. API team involvement
● Support
● Forum
● Blogging & comm
● Time response
● Roadmap

78. API ecosystem
● Applications running
● Status history
● Partnerships
● Customers
● Stability

79. API Policy
● Terms and conditions
● Business model
● Pricing
● Freemium
● Neutrality

80. API rating criterias

81. API Rating Agency
(soon on api500.com)

82. Does APIs are becoming the
new software patents?

83. opening the knowledge of
your invention.
juridical and commercial
monopoly in a market field
based on technology
in exchange of
Patents provide

84. juridical and commercial
monopoly in a market field
based on a data or service
in exchange of
Open APIs provide
opening the access of your
asset (data or service)

85. WHY OPEN?

86. THANKS!
Mehdi Medjaoui
@webshell_
m.medjaoui@webshell.io