Overview of content related to 'api'
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An application programming interface (API) is a particular set of rules and specifications that a software program can follow to access and make use of the services and resources provided by another particular software program that implements that API. It serves as an interface between different software programs and facilitates their interaction, similar to the way the user interface facilitates interaction between humans and computers. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: API)
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Learning Objects and the Information Environment |
Ian Dolphin and Paul Miller discuss the place of Learning Objects in the wider environment of learning. |
July 2002, issue32, feature article |
Putting the Library Into the Institution: Using JSR 168 and WSRP to Enable Search Within Portal Frameworks |
Chris Awre, Stewart Waller, Jon Allen, Matthew J Dovey, Jon Hunter and Ian Dolphin describe the investigations and technical development undertaken within the JISC-funded Contextual Resource Evaluation Environment (CREE) Project to enable the presentation of existing search tools within portal frameworks using the JSR 168 and WSRP portlet standards. |
October 2005, issue45, feature article |
