Clickability is irrelevant. An API is an APPLICATION programming interface. It's about enabling applications to interact with it.
-George On Oct 26, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Jorge Williams wrote: > > On Oct 26, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Bryan Taylor wrote: > >> So no pdfs or excel spreadsheets without conneg. > > But PDFs and excel spreadsheets are precisely why you want variants! > > "Here's my usage stats for 2009... > > http://usage.api.acme.com/v1.0/jorgew/2009/usage.pdf"; > > You mean to tell me that I can't send that out as an e-mail? Instead I have > to say > > "Please run this command to see my usage stats for 2009 > > curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.acme.com+pdf;version=1.0" > http://usage.api.acme.com/jorgew/2009/usage"; > > That seems silly to me, we're missing an important feature, the ability to > click. > > -jOrGe W. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- George Reese - Chief Technology Officer, enStratus e: george.re...@enstratus.com t: @GeorgeReese p: +1.207.956.0217 f: +1.612.338.5041 enStratus: Governance for Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds - @enStratus - http://www.enstratus.com To schedule a meeting with me: http://tungle.me/GeorgeReese
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