Revealing the API Ecosystem and Enterprise Strategy via Visual Analytics.

The authors argue that visual analytics can demonstrate the significance of the application programming interface (API) ecosystem. Topics include the use of mashups to use APIs by business sector, the role of digital firms in the API ecosystem, and a comparison of the API use of the retail firms Ama...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 26 - 29
Autores principales:	Evans, Peter C., Basole, Rahul C.
Formato:	Opinion
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Feb2016
Materias:	Application program interfaces Visual analytics Mashups (Internet) Internet industry Amazon.com Inc.
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost

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Sumario:	The authors argue that visual analytics can demonstrate the significance of the application programming interface (API) ecosystem. Topics include the use of mashups to use APIs by business sector, the role of digital firms in the API ecosystem, and a comparison of the API use of the retail firms Amazon.com Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.