Large quantities of data are on the Web
- The data needs to be managed in an appropriate manner.
- Retrieved, queried, analyzed, transformed, transferred, stored, etc.
Easy integration of data and services
- Web apps should work with the other Web apps
  - LinkedIn can import your
  - Facebook can import your Dopplr trips
- Mashups should be enabled
  - Easy service composition
- Desktop apps should work with Web apps
  - Flickr uploadr , Google calendar update/sync
Technical solutions are needed to enable a truly Programmable Web
- The solution can be seen in the form of Web 2.0 services (a.k.a. Web APIs)
Data providers are offering Web APIs
- Web 2.0 services enabling easy access to the Web 2.0 data.
  - Google maps, Geonames, phone location…
  - Microformats (vcard, calendar, review…)
  - Data feeds
Various functionalities are supported through Web APIs
- Publishing, messaging, payment…
Web 2.0 facilitates user involvement through “reverse” APIs (leveraging on human computation)
- Amazon Mechanical Turk, ESP game…
Overall Web APIs are powering the vision of the Web 2.0 as a collaborative and computational platform

Deck overview for semantic-web-services

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