Re: [xmlvoc] API - 3 choices

[Patrick Durusau <pdurusau@emory.edu>]

Lars,

Ok, with the further revision:

API: The interface (calling conventions) by which an application program 
accesses another service. An API provides a level of abstraction between 
the application and the other service. The services accessed through 
APIs are generally software modules implementing some functionality used 
by the application or it can be the operating system.

A chorus of +1's, cheers, or other signs of affirmation are acceptable. ;-)

Patrick

Lars Marius Garshol wrote:

>* Patrick Durusau
>| 
>| Revised #1:
>| 
>| The interface (calling conventions) by which an application program
>| accesses another service (like the operating system).  An API
>| provides a level of abstraction between the application and the
>| other service.
>
>This works for me. We might also want to take out the "(like the OS)"
>parenthesis, and instead add a new sentence at the end:
>
>  The services accessed through APIs are generally software modules
>  implementing some functionality used by the application or it can be
>  the operating system.
>
>  
>

-- 
Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
Patrick.Durusau@sbl-site.org
Co-Editor, ISO 13250, Topic Maps -- Reference Model