NYC BAPI 2011 Speaker Presentation

1. Guardian Open Platform
Sharath Bulusu
Guardian News and Media
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6. guardian.gyford.com
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7. g.joeblade.com
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8. hawksey.info/tagexplorer/guardian.html
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9. Why API?
Editorial reach and influence
Commercial distribution
Be of the web, not just on the web
Kid in a basement / guys in a garage
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10. Guardian Content API
Rights-cleared content from guardian.co.uk
Three tiers of access - free, ad-supported, bespoke
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11. What’s worked well?
Guardian Developer Network
Applications
Syndication
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12. What’s worked really well?
Developer happiness and productivity
Internal API usage volume = 6 x external
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13. Successes
Kindle edition
Zeitgeist
Facebook
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17. Some shortcomings
External data references are sparse
A lot remains to be done to be truly ‘open in’
Self-service and high-touch have very wide gap
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18. Miles to go ...
Content creation process
Rights management
Commercial models
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19. Guardian Open Platform
@openplatform
openplatform @ guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk/open-platform
Thursday, October 27, 2011