Stormy Peters, OpenLogic
Open APIs:
- Programming interface to a database that can be accessed over the web
- Some are true APIs and some are just components that plug into your page
Are APIs open?
- No. OpenAPI != OpenSource
2 Types of Data:
- What the user types into a form (account, purchasing, privacy)
- What the user shares (reviews, ratings, comments)
Account information is usually your own.
Shared information is not longer your data.
People can find out a lot about a person by sharing data (delicious feed as an example)
