Re: Booking API - Summary of Design Feedback

Hi all,

As Leigh has outlined, we plan to discuss proposed changes on the 7th
November call, this Wednesday.

Please find a summary of the proposed changes relating to the booking flow,
including diagrams, in the document below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JMWMMh-78P5RuiXHgKbBa_Rq6CIVW1hIF4Qzl2eRUTg/edit

This proposal aims to satisfy the following points of feedback, by
providing optionality without increasing complexity:

   - Allow anonymous and named leasing, where supported by the booking
   system
   - Provide a low barrier to entry for small booking systems
   - Allow booking with a single call
   - Allow booking to succeed even if lease has expired
   - Use one simple flow

Please do comment on the doc with any thoughts in advance of Wednesday!

Look forward to talking through and discussing on the call.

Many thanks,

Nick

On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 09:50, Leigh Dodds <leigh.dodds@theodi.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In our recent community group call we discussed the range of feedback
> we've had on the current draft of the Booking API.
>
> We've produced a short document that summarises that feedback and
> requirements.
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oylsEIFIlJUuZ1DL6Bv_fMdDAfvUR9vdha6bNp5QCSI/edit?usp=sharing
>
> Our plan is to discuss this further, including an outline of proposed
> changes on our 7th November call.
>
> If you have additional feedback or questions, then please leave comments
> on the document, or reply to this email. We're also happy to see examples
> of similar designs in other APIs to inform our thinking, if you have
> documentation or links to share, we'd be interested in seeing them.
>
> Cheers,
>
> L.
>
> --
> Leigh Dodds, Data Infrastructure Programme Lead, theodi.org
> @ldodds
> The ODI, 65 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4JE
>
>

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Nick Evans

Associate & Sector Specialist

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