[Esip-discovery] Developing the "ESIP API"

[Mattmann, Chris A (388J)]

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Cheers,
Chris

On Jun 20, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102) wrote:

> At the OpenSource Summit here, looking at one of the winners of the NASA Space Apps challenge called EXO API:  http://exoapi.com/.  It's a basic API for searching and getting data, that's it.  But the API is simple, it's documented well, it's approachable.
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> What if we developed the ESIP data API? Based on casting + OpenSearch, plus well-known formats/protocols, but all tied together in an API document page, with a few examples?
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> Would this make sense? Worth the time?
> --
> Dr. Christopher Lynnes, NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2, 301-614-5185
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