What is the distinction between an API and a Search API?

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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Sebastian Benthall <[email protected]>wrote:

> *Proposal for 1.0:*
>
> /data
> /data/search
> /data/search/api
>
> /maps  *<-- the only proposed change*(s)
> /maps/api  *<-- the only proposed change*(s)
> /maps/search
> /maps/search/api
>
>
> *Alternative proposal for 1.0:*
> Same as a above but dropping maps/api entirely.
>
>
> *Speculative proposal for future release:*
>
> /search
> /search/api
>
> /data
> /data/api --> ???
> /data/search --> redirects to /search?flag=data
> /data/search/api --> redirects to /search/api?flag=data
>
> /maps
> /maps/api --> full json dump
> /maps/search --> redirects to /search?flag=maps
> /maps/search/api --> redirects to /search/api?flag=maps
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:04 AM, David Winslow <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> It would be nice to flesh this out a bit to avoid shifting URLs around
>> after the 1.0 release if we can help it.
>>
>> -d
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Sebastian Benthall <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Currently combined maps and data search is unspecified except for "it
>>> would be nice to combine maps and data search some day."
>>>
>>> So I suppose this doesn't interact with those plans at all.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:59 AM, David Winslow <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> How does this interact with plans to unify map search with data search?
>>>>
>>>> -d
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Ariel Nunez 
>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> > I propose we change the url structure in these ways:
>>>>> > /maps - overview page of GeoNode's map-related tools (was /community
>>>>> )
>>>>> > /maps/api - a json dump of all map configurations
>>>>>
>>>>> +1
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought about this issue too a couple of weeks ago, and agree with
>>>>> your proposal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ariel
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sebastian Benthall
>>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Sebastian Benthall
> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>
>

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