On 06/08/14 14:32, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) wrote: > When api.php was basically the only API in MediaWiki, calling it "the > API" worked well. But now we've got a Parsoid API, Gabriel's work on a > REST content API, Gabriel's work on an internal storage API, and more > on the way. So just saying "the API" is getting confusing. > > So let's bikeshed a reasonably short name for it that isn't something > awful like "the api.php API". I'm horrible at naming.
How about "the action API"? The fact that it is organised in a hierarchy of actions distinguishes it from REST, which is organised as a hierarchy of objects. The term "action" also distinguishes it from RPC. -- Tim Starling _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
