Why Open APIs fall far short of open source

[Julian Coombes]

Cross posted from SlashDot

http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/2243243/why-open-apis-fall-far-short-of-open-source

[Julian Coombes]

Original article...

http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/250256/open-apis-fall-far-short-open-source

[Rob Dyke]

See also http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/30/open_apis/

My preferences for healthcare IT, in order:
1) open source - so that the NHS can build and enhance its capability and capacity in infomatics
2) open standards - without royalties or membership fees so that new entrants can buildin compliance in code released as opensource
3) open APIs - so where 1 & 2 have not happened, we can still create 1 and 2 using interfaces to systems that will become 'legacy' through the adoption of 1 & 2 displacing hermetically sealed systems.

BW, Rob

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Julian Coombes <julian....@googlemail.com> wrote:

Original article...

http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/250256/open-apis-fall-far-short-open-source

[Julian Coombes]

Yes Rob, I'd agree with that.

For those who can't get enough APIs ... http://www.programmableweb.com/apis    :-)

[Julian Coombes]

Medical apis ...

http://www.programmableweb.com/apis/directory/1?apicat=Medical