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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461500003321

Autore

Breeding Marshall

Titolo

Opening up library systems through web services and SOA [[electronic resource] ] : hype, or reality? / / Marshall Breeding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : ALA TechSource, 2009

ISBN

1-283-17419-7

9786613174192

0-8389-9145-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (46 p.)

Collana

Library technology reports : expert guides to library systems and services, , 0024-2586 ; ; v. 45, no. 8

Disciplina

025.04

20

Soggetti

Service-oriented architecture (Computer science)

Computer network architectures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"November/December 2009"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Scope; Intended Audience of This Report; Why Should Libraries Care about Application Programming Interfaces?; Possibilities Abound; Basic Concepts; API Implementation Models; What Is an API?; Proprietary APIs; APIs and Open Source; Standards as Open Interfaces; API Security; Terms of Service; With Power Comes Responsibility and Cost; No Universal Expectation for APIs; Chapter 2 - Vendors and Products; Case Studies and Customer Responses; Ex Libris; Duke University Libraries; Broome Community College; University of Tennessee

National Library of AustraliaEvergreen; The Library Corporation; Innovative Interfaces; Koha; Polaris; SirsiDynix; Talis; VTLS; Notes; Chapter 3 - API Hype and Reality; Conclusions; Resources

Sommario/riassunto

Libraries are increasingly demanding the ability to exploit their library systems (LIS) using application programming interfaces (APIs), Web services, or other technologies. This issue of Library Technology Reports explores how vendors of open source library technology are approaching this desire for customization plus an in-depth exploration



of trends towards APIs, Web services, and the service-oriented architecture.