hi5 Platform Roadmap
Hi5 currently offers a minimal platform that offers third parties access to information and services provided by www.hi5.com. We provide SOAP, REST and JSON APIs to authenticate, access user information and add widgets to profile pages. We plan on extending this Platform in many ways in the future.
Our goal at Hi5 is to support open and de-facto standards that allow everyone to develop applications that complement the Hi5 site.
Developers are encouraged to consult Hi5's developer site at http://www.hi5networks.com/developer/ to learn more about the Platform and the APIs that allow access. Our developer Hi5 group is open and we will be engaging the community and partners to identify and implement features for the platform.
Features Currently Available
Priority One Projects
Priority Two Projects
Other Projects
Completion to be determined based on developer interest and hi5 resources
Our goal at Hi5 is to support open and de-facto standards that allow everyone to develop applications that complement the Hi5 site.
Developers are encouraged to consult Hi5's developer site at http://www.hi5networks.com/developer/ to learn more about the Platform and the APIs that allow access. Our developer Hi5 group is open and we will be engaging the community and partners to identify and implement features for the platform.
Features Currently Available
- SOAP/REST transports with XML/JSON/JSONP support
- Java Client SDK
- Atom Feeds for Journals, Group Topics, Photo Albums, User Activity
- FOAF support
- Basic, WSSE, and Plain-text authentication.
- App-Specific Server-Side storage.
- Widget Posting to user profile pages.
Priority One Projects
- Platform API: Allows management of API keys, Widget keys, whitelists. Provide analytical information on application/widget usage
- Platform Application - Hi5 developed application that allows partner developers to monitor and control application/widget usage.
- Developer Sandbox - place where developers can test applications prior to launch and use latest features prior to production release.
- Full Open Social API support.
- NotificationApi - Interact with the Friend updates Feed.
- PHP client SDK
- Relationship Update Stream support
- Full I18N support for all API calls
Priority Two Projects
- OpenID Provider support.
- OAuth support.
- Full Atom Client support. Read/Write/Update Journals/Photos/etc.
- FriendApi - Access complex friend relationship features, Friend Circles, 1st, 2nd, 3rd degree friends.
- InvitationApi - Send Invites.
- Deprecate AlbumApi in favor of Atom AlbumList/Album Feeds
- Microformat support for profile pages: foaf:Maker, XFN
Other Projects
Completion to be determined based on developer interest and hi5 resources
- .NET/C# SDK
- Perl client SDK
- Ruby client SDK
- Python client SDK
- Groups API
- Videos API
- XEP-154 support
- Advertising/Monetization efforts
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