Getting Your Systems Talking: A Framework to Evaluate APIs and Data Exchange Features

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 Beaconfireand Jacobson Consulting Applications.  The Data Exchange Report itself provides an overview of the framework, while the accompanying Grading Worksheet allows you to apply to the systems that you're evaluating.