Re: Use Cases

+1 - I've seen these situations come up.


On 2006/06/01, at 9:20 AM, Paul Denning wrote:

>
> http://esw.w3.org/topic/WebDescriptionUseScenarios?highlight=% 
> 28CategoryWebDescription%29
>
> Other use scenarios that come to mind:
>
> 1.  Comparing descriptions of two API's.  For example, scuttle may  
> claim to implement some/all of the del.icio.us API.
> 2.  Ability to mark a subset of an existing API; again, for  
> example, to show what subset of the del.icio.us API another similar  
> service implements.
>
> I find myself using a few social bookmarking systems: public  
> (del.icio.us), corporate intranet, work group (when the corporate  
> implementation chokes on some bookmarks).
>
> I use bookmarklets and firefox extensions that work with one API  
> (i.e., del.icio.us), and I want to adapt them to work with the  
> other services.  This involves a comparison of what API subset a  
> tool (bookmarklet, browser extension) uses and what API subset an  
> alternative service implements.
>
> Another interesting aspect of interface description is  
> redirection.  For example, [1] will redirect to [2].
>
> [1] http://del.icio.us/url/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fesw.w3.org%2Ftopic% 
> 2FFrontPage
> [2] http://del.icio.us/url/0d7a759146fad6ec8652c08cfcba98cc
>
> Paul
>
>
>

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