On 6 August 2014 14:53, Tim Starling <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > [Relaying conversations at Wikimania.] Yes, this is sensible. Let's certainly not call it "the MediaWiki API" given how many are planned. J. -- James D. Forrester [email protected] [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal capacity) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
