An Empirical Study of Web API Quality Formulation

Esi Adeborna; Kenneth K. Fletcher

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-59592-0_10

An Empirical Study of Web API Quality Formulation

Esi Adeborna
, Kenneth K. Fletcher

Computer Science

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

This paper presents an empirical study on one of the most popular web API repositories, www.programmableweb.com. The study is to ascertain the impact of the structure and formulation of external web API quality factors on the overall web API quality. The study is based on the hypothesis that, in such a multi-factor quality measurement, the structure and formulation of the quality factors can make a substantial difference in its quantification. Specifically, we employ statistical tools such as exploratory factor analysis, to determine the latent factors that contributes to web API quality. We subsequently determine the loading of each latent factors to propose a new quality model for web API quality computation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Services Computing – SCC 2020 - 17th International Conference, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Qingyang Wang, Yunni Xia, Sangeetha Seshadri, Liang-Jie Zhang
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	145-153
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9783030595913
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59592-0_10
State	Published - 2020
Event	17th International Conference on Services Computing, SCC 2020, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2020 - Honolulu, United States Duration: Sep 18 2020 → Sep 20 2020

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12409 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	17th International Conference on Services Computing, SCC 2020, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	9/18/20 → 9/20/20

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

Keywords

Factor analysis
Mashup development
Web API
Web API quality
Web API quality factors

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Adeborna, E., & Fletcher, K. K. (2020). An Empirical Study of Web API Quality Formulation. In Q. Wang, Y. Xia, S. Seshadri, & L.-J. Zhang (Eds.), Services Computing – SCC 2020 - 17th International Conference, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2020, Proceedings (pp. 145-153). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12409 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59592-0_10

An Empirical Study of Web API Quality Formulation. / Adeborna, Esi; Fletcher, Kenneth K.
Services Computing – SCC 2020 - 17th International Conference, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Qingyang Wang; Yunni Xia; Sangeetha Seshadri; Liang-Jie Zhang. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020. p. 145-153 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12409 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Adeborna, E & Fletcher, KK 2020, An Empirical Study of Web API Quality Formulation. in Q Wang, Y Xia, S Seshadri & L-J Zhang (eds), Services Computing – SCC 2020 - 17th International Conference, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12409 LNCS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 145-153, 17th International Conference on Services Computing, SCC 2020, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2020, Honolulu, United States, 9/18/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59592-0_10

Adeborna E, Fletcher KK. An Empirical Study of Web API Quality Formulation. In Wang Q, Xia Y, Seshadri S, Zhang LJ, editors, Services Computing – SCC 2020 - 17th International Conference, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2020, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2020. p. 145-153. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59592-0_10

Adeborna, Esi ; Fletcher, Kenneth K. / An Empirical Study of Web API Quality Formulation. Services Computing – SCC 2020 - 17th International Conference, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2020, Proceedings. editor / Qingyang Wang ; Yunni Xia ; Sangeetha Seshadri ; Liang-Jie Zhang. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020. pp. 145-153 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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