Richard K Miller wrote:
One thought I want to throw out is the importance of open APIs even
when the code can't be open. For instance, I doubt that MIS will ever
be open sourced (understandably). But as Dan Hanks has mentioned,
offering an API with the same authentications and permissions as the
web app would allow individual units to creatively solve problems they
deal with. They could automate the populating of a calendar with
birthdays, or map out their ward members' addresses, or download
birthdays and phone numbers into a PDA. (All these have come up on
this list.) Jonathan Schwartz had said that it doesn't matter that
Java isn't open source because the APIs are open and are decided by a
community process. Similarly, APIs for the ward directory, ward
calendar, Boy Scouts, Young Women's, genealogy, etc. would spawn an
ecosystem of development and volunteerism even if the code can't be
open sourced (though that would be nice too.)
This has been discussed internally and it is our wish to create API's as
well. It will take time for this to evolve but it is something we plan
on offering. API's for not only the MIS but potentially other systems,
such as API's to the unit website calendar, etc.
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Richard K. Miller
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