Frédéric Filloux has some important things to say about the importance of content distribution via API and some nice things to say about NPR's implementation of it. All the more remarkable since it was published by CBS News (also in Filloux's Monday Note under a different title).
He writes:
... But NPR’s most remarkable achievement remains its digital
diversification, based on two basic concepts: ubiquity of platforms and
openness. Coming back to the iPhone app, it relies on NPR’s API created just a year ago. In this issue
of the Monday Note, we explored the advantages of opening news content
through API (Applications Programming Interface). APIs allow anyone to
tap into structured content, by sending requests aimed at specific
items. APIs are not platform-dependant: the XML feed can either go to
an iPhone application or a website. ...
Be sure to follow the link above, to a post titled, Opening the News. --Dennis
Ubiquity of platforms and openness -- concepts you understood from the very beginning Dennis. Thanks for passing this along. Cheers, Linda
Posted by: Linda Lawrence | Friday, 19 June 2009 at 12:30