I like "action API". Sumana Harihareswara Senior Technical Writer Wikimedia Foundation
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) <bjor...@wikimedia.org > wrote: > Summing up, it seems like "action API" and "api.php" are the two > contenders. > > "api.php" is least likely to be confused with anything (only its own entry > point file). But as a name it's somewhat awkward. > > "action API" might be confused with the Action class and its subclasses, > although that doesn't seem like a big deal. > > > As for the rest: > > Just "API" is already causing confusion. Although it'll certainly continue > to be used in many contexts. > > "MediaWiki API", "Web API", and "MediaWiki web API" are liable to be > confused with the proposed REST API, which is also supposed to be > web-accessible and will theoretically part of MediaWiki (even though I'd > guess it's probably going to be implemented as an -oid). "MediaWiki web > APIs" may well grow to encompass the api.php action API, the REST API, and > maybe even stuff like Parsoid. > > "MediaWiki API" and "Core API" are liable to be confused with the various > hooks and PHP classes used by extensions. > > "JSON API" wouldn't be accurate for well into the future, and would likely > be confused with other JSON-returning APIs such as Parsoid and maybe REST. > > "Classic API" makes it sound like there's a full replacement. > > All the code name suggestions would be making things less clear, not more. > If it had started out with a code name there would be historical inertia, > but using a code name now would just be silly. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api mailing list > mediawiki-...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api > > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
