[Ldsoss] Let me formally introduce myself...

[Slide]

Is there a new team at the Church that you are heading, or is it
pulling from resources already within the Church's development group?
I guess the main question is, are there going to be job openings? ;-)
j/k

On 6/8/06, Tom Welch <welchtc at ldschurch.org> wrote:
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>
> Richard K Miller wrote:
> >
> > One thought I want to throw out is the importance of open APIs even
> > when the code can't be open.  For instance, I doubt that MIS will ever
> > be open sourced (understandably).  But as Dan Hanks has mentioned,
> > offering an API with the same authentications and permissions as the
> > web app would allow individual units to creatively solve problems they
> > deal with.  They could automate the populating of a calendar with
> > birthdays, or map out their ward members' addresses, or download
> > birthdays and phone numbers into a PDA.  (All these have come up on
> > this list.)  Jonathan Schwartz had said that it doesn't matter that
> > Java isn't open source because the APIs are open and are decided by a
> > community process.  Similarly, APIs for the ward directory, ward
> > calendar, Boy Scouts, Young Women's, genealogy, etc. would spawn an
> > ecosystem of development and volunteerism even if the code can't be
> > open sourced (though that would be nice too.)
> >
> This has been discussed internally and it is our wish to create API's as
> well.  It will take time for this to evolve but it is something we plan
> on offering.  API's for not only the MIS but potentially other systems,
> such as API's to the unit website calendar, etc.
> >
> >
> >
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> > Richard K. Miller
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