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Ruben Verborgh*, Michel Dumontier
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
The fast-growing web API landscape brings clients more options than ever before-in theory. In practice, they cannot easily switch between different providers offering similar functionality. We discuss a vision for developing web APIs based on reuse of interface parts called features. Through the introduction of five design principles, we investigate the impact of feature-based reuse on web APIs. Applying these principles enables a granular reuse of client and server code, documentation, and tools. Together, they can foster a measurable ecosystem with cross-API compatibility, opening the door to a more flexible generation of web clients.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 29-37 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Ieee Internet Computing |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Preprint