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According to its website, an '''unAPI''' is:
{{Quote|a tiny HTTP [[API]] any web application may use to co-publish discretely identified objects in both HTML pages and disparate bare object formats. It consists of three parts: an identifier [[microformat]], an [[HTML]] autodiscovery link, and three [[HTTP]] interface functions, two of which have a standardized response format.}}
The unAPI specification is only two pages long.<ref name="Ariadne_2006"/>
== Server-side applications which use unAPI ==
* [[Bebop (software)|Bebop]]
* [[Evergreen (software)|Evergreen]]
* [[Koha (software)|Koha]]
* [[refbase]]<ref name="refbase_2012"/>
* [[WordPress]] [https://wordpress.org/plugins/unapi/ (via a plugin)]
* [[VITAL (asset management software)|VITAL]], digital repository
* [[invenio]] digital library framework
* [https://omeka.org/s/ Omeka S], web-publishing platform for academic and cultural repositories
* [[Glottolog]] a [https://clld.org/ clld] app supports unAPI on its root page.
== Client tools which can use unAPI ==
* [[Zotero]]
== See also ==
* [[COinS]]
== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Ariadne_2006">{{cite journal |title=Introducing UnAPI |author-last1=Chudnov |author-first1=Daniel "Dan" |author-last2=Binkley |author-first2=Peter |author-first3=Jeremy |author-last3=Frumkin |author-first4=Michael J. |author-last4=Giarlo |author-first5=Mike |author-last5=Rylander |author-first6=Ross |author-last6=Singer |author-first7=Ed |author-last7=Summers |issue=48 |journal=[[Ariadne (web magazine)|Ariadne]] |date=2006-07-30 |url=http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue48/chudnov-et-al |access-date=2017-07-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109122601/http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/48/chudnov-et-al/ |archive-date=2020-11-09}}</ref>
<ref name="refbase_2012">{{cite web |title=UnAPI service |work=refbase |url=http://wiki.refbase.net/index.php/UnAPI_service |access-date=2020-11-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109121556/http://wiki.refbase.net/index.php/UnAPI_service |archive-date=2020-11-09}}</ref>
}}
== Further reading ==
* {{cite web |title=unAPI: an un-API for webapps - A super-simple way to get stuff |website=refbase |date=2012-03-19 |author-first=Daniel |author-last=Chudnov |editor-first=James |editor-last=Koster |url=http://unapi.info/ |access-date=2020-11-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218062835/http://unapi.info/ |archive-date=2014-12-18}}
* {{cite book |title=unAPI Version 1 (normative) |version=1.0 |date=2006-07-23 |orig-date=2006-01-14 |author-first=Daniel |author-last=Chudnov |editor-first=James |editor-last=Koster |contribution=contribution |contributor-first1=Godmar |contributor-last1=Back |contributor-first2=Peter |contributor-last2=Binkley |contributor-first3=Eric |contributor-last3=Celeste |contributor-first4=Daniel |contributor-last4=Chudnov |contributor-first5=Kevin |contributor-last5=Clarke |contributor-first6=Bruce |contributor-last6=D'Arcus |contributor-first7=Leigh |contributor-last7=Dodds |contributor-first8=Alf |contributor-last8=Eaton |contributor-first9=Graham |contributor-last9=Fawcett |contributor-first10=Jeremy |contributor-last10=Frumkin |contributor-first11=Michael |contributor-last11=Giarlo |contributor-first12=Eric |contributor-last12=Hellman |contributor-first13=Xiaoming |contributor-last13=Liu |contributor-first14=Phillip |contributor-last14=Pearson |contributor-first15=Art |contributor-last15=Rhyno |contributor-first16=Mike |contributor-last16=Rylander |contributor-first17=Rob |contributor-last17=Sanderson |contributor-first18=Ross |contributor-last18=Singer |contributor-first19=Ed |contributor-last19=Summers |contributor-first20=Steve |contributor-last20=Toub |contributor-first21=Raymond |contributor-last21=Yee |contributor-first22=Jeff |contributor-last22=Young |url=http://unapi.info/specs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331070802/http://unapi.info/specs/ |archive-date=2014-03-31}}
== External links ==
* [http://old.onebiglibrary.net/yale/cipolo/gcs-pcs-list/ Mailing list archives, fall 2004-summer 2006]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/gcs-pcs-list/ Current listserv for unAPI and related discussions]
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