application program interfaces

Pieces of code that make it possible to link data and functions in other type of program (e.g. a search engine) to data and functions in another program (e.g. a content management system).

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Tales from the trenches: Knowledge integration
Description of the usability, application integration, data integrity, and policy issues encountered in a knowledge integration project. Montague Institute Review March 2010

Semantic Web: Introduction and applications
The Semantic Web explained and illustrated in layman's terms by a real expert who's the Semantic Web Activity Lead at the World Wide Web Consortium. Includes suggestions on what to do now to get ready for semantically-enabled applications. Montague Institute Review July 2009

U.S. Congress gets an API
New York Times Congress API provides summaries of roll-call votes in the U.S. Congress; get lists of members of Congress; and get vote data, biographical information and role data for individual House and Senate members. For an overview and background. New York Times January 2009

Search strategies for multiple collections
Pros and cons of 5 strategies for searching multiple collections with one search box: connector code, XML feeds, federated search, metadata harvesting, search engine bridges. Montague Institute Review June 2006

Federated searching
Background and members' comments about federated searching. Montague Institute Review November 2004

New books for knowledge base publishers
Books reviewed: Unlocking knowledge assets, Information architecture, Enterprise content services, Metadata solutions, Google hacks Montague Institute Review July 2003

A to Z Indexes on the Web
Annotated list of twenty A - Z indexes on the web. Montague Institute Review May 2002

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