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Line 7: ==Introduction== The term "Open API" has been recently in use by recent trends in [[social media]] and [[web2.0]]. It is currently a heavily sought after solution to interconnect websites in a more fluid user-friendly manner. [[Social networking]] sites like [[MySpace]], [[Bebo]], and [[Facebook]] currently do not have any open API's but with the growing trend and demand for [[social network aggregator]] websites like [[PeopleAggregator]], [[Spokeo]] and [[Socialurl\|SocialURL]] there will become more prevalent for these social networks to start considering the opportunities to take a leadership role in this ~~almost [[web 3.0]]~~ endeavor. Open API also applies to collaborative services environments where managed service providers can also outsource specific services to other providers via systems integration. For example, companies like [[Level Platforms]] provide an open API to adapt to any business offering within the managed service environment. With the advent of the [http://developers.facebook.com/news.php?blog=1&story=21 Facebook Platform], launched June 1st 2007, Facebook incorporated an open api into its business model

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