Paper Info
Title
Evaluating APIs: a call for design science research
Abstract
In a business world characterized by ecosystem-based competition, APIs are key determinants of success. However, there is very little guidance on how organizations should go about making decisions about APIs. API design must account for the needs of both present and future application developers who use the API, and API outcomes depend on the success of the applications which incorporate that API. As a result, the design of APIs poses unique challenges that would benefit from design science inquiry. At the same time, these multiple sources of input in API design pose special challenges for carrying out design science research. This paper focuses on developing a foundation for future design science research in the API domain by addressing the first two steps of the design science research methodology recommended by Peffers et al: We view these as preliminary steps towards the development of a methodology for the design of APIs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/978-3-642-29863-9_3
DESRIST
Keywords
Field
DocType
ecosystem-based competition,design science research,future application developer,api design,api outcome,future design science research,business world,design science research methodology,api domain,design science inquiry,stakeholders,api,strategy,modularity
Design science research methodology,Engineering management,Kernel theory,Design science research,Design science,Engineering,Modularity,Management science
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Bala Iyer1102472.28
George Wyner223149.12