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I don't think you're going to get it. It's the same issue with instant messaging now. There's a business incentive not to allow interoperability. Common interc
by voltagex_ 11y ago
I don't think you're going to get it. It's the same issue with instant messaging now. There's a business incentive not to allow interoperability.
Common interchange of what, though? IFTTT's utility came through connecting disparate services - Reddit to Pinboard, Twitter to Facebook and so on.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago> Common interchange of what, though? Common interchange of schemeless data. Take data from here, put there. Pushing JSON blobs around, essentially.
- voltagex_ 11y agoIsn't that what HTTP POST/PUT is for? GET for pull?
- toomuchtodo 11y agoHTTP POST/PUT/GET are underlying primitives for these automation systems, which are essentially polished messaging buses.
- polm23 11y agoIf all those services provide JSON blobs, that's halfway to making an RSS feed of them or building a custom search interface or what have you. The other half is standardizing common field names (so you don't have the same field named "created" or "published" or "date" depending on the source); Dublin Core and the like take care of that.