How to run enterprise system integrations for the Experience API, presented at the xAPI Camp held at Amazon on July 21st.

1. @fugu13
russell.duhon@saltbox.com
Russell Duhon, CTO of Saltbox, Makers of WaxLRS

2. I’ve been tweeting with
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3. Running an Enterprise
Implementation of xAPI,
explained succinctly, I hope.

4. The past is enterprise…

5. …but so’s the future.

6. Enterprise is…
• business relevant,
• in the flow of work,
• where the traces of learning manifest,
• and a reporting driver.

7. Diversity of business systems
+ flexibility of xAPI
=
data modeling matters a lot

8. Very Important Modeling Considerations
• Identity, identity, identity
• Start with core events
• Verb+Activity
• Context aids richness
• Specificity saves you later

9. Some Data Modeling Steps
• Model Data
• Make Example Data
• Cross Check Data Model with Developer/IT
• Choose Test Dataset
• Transform & Explore Test Dataset

10. Modeling Data Depends
on How You Move It

11. Moving Data, Most to Least Preferred
• Extract, Transform, and Load
• full access APIs via Zapier or similar
• Plugin
• full access API connector
• synchronization portal for individually authorized
APIs

12. Very Important Technical Tidbits
• Don’t run stuff in web browsers
• Queue (SQS, perhaps)
• Idempotency by setting Timestamp & Statement ID
• Don’t discard errors
• Use batch & concurrent operations, but set limits
• Edge cases matter

13. Some Technical Steps
• Introduce errors at each stage
• Test on all available historical data
• Deploy!
• Define & test automated monitoring procedures

14. @fugu13 — russell.duhon@saltbox.com
Russell Duhon, CTO of Saltbox, Makers of WaxLRS