How can you assess the features that a software package offers to provide access to your data? In this report, Paul Hagen and Laura Quinn provide an evaluation framework that will help weigh the advantages and trade-offs of the data integration features across different applications.

This Idealware report was written in partnership with NTEN, and with generous sponorship by Beaconfire and Jacobson Consulting Applications.

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Nonprofits are challenged by managing their data effectively on a daily basis. This is hampering their work, making processes redundant and cumbersome, and adding precious time and costs to their operations – money and time better spent on services and programs.

APIs provide ways to more easily share data between applications. Open APIs also have the potential to bring data together in ways that create new ways of displaying information – such as bringing fundraising data to a content management system or blog, or by coupling geographic data with maps from Google.

In this paper, we’ll

• Explain what open APIs are conceptually
• Describe the technology behind APIs looks
• Give several concrete examples of how APIs are used
• Delve into some issues to think about as you consider using these technologies in your organization

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