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APIs (aka Services) for Web Applications are needed and good.
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Little effort to implement them, with high payoffs in terms of sharing and collaboration
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Use Corba, use XML-RPC, use SOAP, use whatever, just make one.
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But make it nice and simple, your fellow programmers will love you for that.
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XML-RPC is nice and simple, and you can read the specs over a cup of coffee (or tea).
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SOAP is a little more complex, but it gives you more flexibility (see also WSDL, UDDI).
... and remember:
