Re: Fwd: [NGC4LIB] Integrating with your ILS through Web services and APIs

From: Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:22:20 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Jul 22, 2009, at 10:56 PM, Ross Singer wrote:

> ...Today almost all ILS products make claims regarding offering more  
> openness through APIs, Web services, and through a service-oriented  
> architecture (SOA)....

I heard someplace recently that APIs are the newest form of vendor  
lock-in.  What's your take?

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Eric Lease Morgan
Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department
Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame

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Received on Thu Jul 23 2009 - 09:22:54 EDT