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> Do you suggest that all the progress has come from the closed API software and open API stuff has stagnated? No. Why would you think that?
by such12 4y ago
> Do you suggest that all the progress has come from the closed API software and open API stuff has stagnated?
No. Why would you think that?
- mrtksn 4y agoThen why would you suggest that if the API is forced to be open the innovation will stall?
- such12 4y agoBecause of the forced part. Normally API owners get to make their own choices about what to change and when. That goes away if they are forced.
- mrtksn 4y agoWhat about it? Why would you think that now they won't be able to?
- such12 4y agoBecause the requirements of the APIs will be established by law and subject to litigation by competitors and api consumers. That’s what forced means.
- mrtksn 4y agoThat's hyperbole. The requirement would probably be something like document it and don't block it.
- such12 4y agoThis is quite obviously wrong. Law doesn’t work like this. Competitors and api consumers would be able to argue that any change they didn’t like was anticompetitive and request injunctive relief. It would be up to the courts to decide each time.
- jaburjak 4y agoThere already is a directive on open access to public sector data. It does not force any particular standard, protocol, let alone concrete data/interface schema. It just states data publishers must openly publish documentation, use industry standards, open data formats and protocols, and publish machine readable and processable data. Of course there wonʼt be a mandate on exact API endpoints or data structures for every kind of service anyone could possibly create. That would be an impossible undertaking even for a bureaucracy like the EU.