apidays Paris 2024 - Discoverability, Findability, and AI : lessons learnt from the DevPortal Awards, Laura Vass

Discoverability, Findability, and AI : lessons learnt from the DevPortal Awards
Laura Vass, CEO at DevPortal Awards

apidays Paris 2024 - The Future API Stack for Mass Innovation
December 3 - 5, 2024

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1. Discoverability & Findability: lessons learnt from the DevPortal Awards Laura Vass
3. Photo by James Wainscoat on Unsplash 3 nnn Photo by Joel Fulgencio
5. DEVPORTAL AWARDS JURY PANEL 2023 Amy Mbaegbu Anne Gentle Bob Watson Chris Bush Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti Joshua Markham Koichi Shiroma Kruno Golubić Marco Spinello Michael Richardson Richard Smedley Ryan Clifford Susanna Laurin
6. THE 2024 DEVPORTAL AWARDS JURY PANEL Bob Watson, PhD Technical Writing Consultant andAPI Documentation Instructor Anila Zaidi Staff Technical Writer - Squarespace Rachel Lee Nabors Developer Experience Leader - Fractionals United Marco Spinello Senior Technical Writer - Booking.com Patricia Rogers API Product Manager - Communify Fincentric Swapnil Sapar Principal Software Engineer - Microsoft Daria Lutchenko Documentation Lead - UP42 Alvaro Navarro Senior Developer Advocate - Vonage Dan Grabski Senior Content Developer - Apex Fintech Solutions Ellis Pratt Director - Cherryleaf James Noes Senior Product Manager - Kroger Michael Meng Professor - Merseburg University Mike Jang Principal Technical Writer - NGINX Ruby Batallones Product Manager - Adyen Robert Delwood Lead API Documentation Programmer-Writer - Walmart Global Tech Renishya Jayan Senior Technical Writer -Staffbase
9. Photo by Ricardo Rocha The site was designed to bring their offerings to life for prospective users. Costs were clear, descriptions were concise. "
10. Findability vs. Discoverability Findability (How easy it is to locate specific information) Search functionality and organized structure to help users quickly locate exact resources. Discoverability (How easily users can encounter new information) Surface related features and encourage exploration of new tools or integrations that might not have been immediately apparent.
11. Photo by Andrew Palmer Breadcrumbs & alternative paths
12. Photo by Patrick Fore Common antipatterns
13. Photo by Patrick Fore Highlights from the jury
14. Photo by Avel Chuklanov Examples
15. screenshot https://developer.factset.com/api-catalog?api_type=AI/ML
16. screenshot https://developer.factset.com/api-catalog?api_type=AI/ML
17. screenshot https://data.mercedes-benz.com/
18. screenshot https://developer.mercedes-benz.com/status
19. screenshot https://developer.shell.com/support/api-status
20. screenshot https://developer.usbank.com/products/account-transfers/v1
21. screenshot https://developer.usbank.com/products/account-transfers/v1
22. screenshot https://docs.worldpay.com/apis
23. screenshot https://docs.worldpay.com
24. screenshot https://developer.paymentshub.com/products
25. screenshot https://developer.paymentshub.com/products
26. screenshot https://developers.pandadoc.com/docs/embedded-use-cases
27. screenshot https://developers.pandadoc.com/docs/automate-document-workflows
28. screenshot https://developers.pandadoc.com/docs/embedded-signing
29. Explain Photo by rawpixel
30. screenshot https://developer.ups.com/api/reference/deliverydefense/product-info?loc=en_US
31. screenshot https://postcoder.com/docs
32. Photo by John Carlisle Biz Product -» Capabilities -» API (bundles)
33. screenshot https://developer.sabre.com/
34. screenshot https://developer.sabre.com/guides/travel-agency/workflows/car-reservation
35. Photo by James Wainscoat Where's the AI?
36. “Findability ends when I have found the product that fits my needs. bit.ly/devportals
37. Photo by The Roaming Platypus Take another look: devportalawards.org