A preliminary GQM model to evaluate web API usability

Autores
Machini, Ariel; Casas, Sandra
Año de publicación
2024
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Web APIs allow easy access to a variety of resources and services, and it is because of that they have become essential for building modern applications. This generated a new business perspective, “the API economy”, and for that reason, usability now turns into a key characteristic for the acceptance of a web API. Although web API usability is a researched topic, no studies proposing a usability model for web APIs have been found. For that reason, this study presents a preliminary model to help standardize and facilitate web API usability assessment. Our model, based on the GQM approach, has six goals, eight questions, and 32 metrics. We evaluated its usefulness through a survey directed to web API consumers and developers. Feedback suggests that the model is on the right track, and could have a positive impact on web API usability in the future.
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Ciencias Informáticas
Web API usability
Model
Metrics
GQM
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A preliminary GQM model to evaluate web API usability
title A preliminary GQM model to evaluate web API usability
spellingShingle A preliminary GQM model to evaluate web API usability
Machini, Ariel
Ciencias Informáticas
Web API usability
Model
Metrics
GQM
title_short A preliminary GQM model to evaluate web API usability
title_full A preliminary GQM model to evaluate web API usability
title_fullStr A preliminary GQM model to evaluate web API usability
title_full_unstemmed A preliminary GQM model to evaluate web API usability
title_sort A preliminary GQM model to evaluate web API usability
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Machini, Ariel
Casas, Sandra
author Machini, Ariel
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Casas, Sandra
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Informáticas
Web API usability
Model
Metrics
GQM
topic Ciencias Informáticas
Web API usability
Model
Metrics
GQM
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Web APIs allow easy access to a variety of resources and services, and it is because of that they have become essential for building modern applications. This generated a new business perspective, “the API economy”, and for that reason, usability now turns into a key characteristic for the acceptance of a web API. Although web API usability is a researched topic, no studies proposing a usability model for web APIs have been found. For that reason, this study presents a preliminary model to help standardize and facilitate web API usability assessment. Our model, based on the GQM approach, has six goals, eight questions, and 32 metrics. We evaluated its usefulness through a survey directed to web API consumers and developers. Feedback suggests that the model is on the right track, and could have a positive impact on web API usability in the future.
Sociedad Argentina de Informática e Investigación Operativa
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