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dc.contributor.authorGruzd, Anatoliy
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-31T17:11:38Z
dc.date.available2010-05-31T17:11:38Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/12830
dc.description.abstractAs Internet users are joining more online communities such as Facebook and MySpace, they are also becoming more prolific content creators. But unfortunately, the task of managing and exchanging content between their various online social networking (SN) communities remains cumbersome and time consuming. This is primarily because most of websites “lock” users’ data on their servers and do not provide an effective/efficient data sharing and exchange protocols. A better way for users to integrate and exchange data across online SN communities is to use web APIs (Application Programming Interface) – a mechanism that allows a site to provide “back door” access to its content and services via a standardized machine-readable protocol. Any website can deploy web APIs to allow its users to integrate data from external sites. As these new technologies and techniques become more widely available, it will make user-created data even more mobile. This will likely lead to some changes in users’ information behaviours.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSIG USE 2007 Research Symposium, October 20, 2007 Mobility and Social Networks in Information Behavioren_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectApplication Programming Interfaceen_US
dc.subjectAPIen_US
dc.subjectmashupsen_US
dc.subjectsocial networksen_US
dc.titleWeb APIs: A Step towards Greater Mobility of User-Created Data across Social Networking Websites and Their Implications for Research in Information Behavioren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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