圖書館想要做Web 2.0“混搭”(mashup)嗎?那一定會用到相關的API吧!.看到這份Roy Tennant彙整的API清單,不得不轉述一番,因為很有參考性,感謝Roy 。他在Library Application Program Interfaces (APIs)這篇文章前面講到:Application Program Interfaces (APIs) 是一種應用軟體和另一種應用軟體間溝通的結構性方法。API以一種標準化的方式,讓程式間互通及分享資料與服務。這份與圖書館相關的API清單,對圖書館開發者[或可說“圖書館資訊人員”?]或許有幫助…這些API是被認為屬於一般性有用的API;而幾乎所有圖書館目錄方面皆有檢索API(即Z39.50) [註],或其他廠商(或產品)使用的API….以下是部分API項目:.AmazonDBPedia - Structured information from WikipediaGoogle Book Search API - link to items in GBS, and find out about their availabilityLibrary of Congress Subject Headings (Library of Congress) - LCSH as linked data using SKOSOpen LibraryOpenURL Gateway (OCLC)Terminology services (OCLC) - Various controlled vocabularies, including LCSH, MeSH, and TGMThingISBN (LibraryThing) - Takes an ISBN and returns a list of ISBNs from the same ...