# Tom Coates - Native to a Web of Data

DevFeed: [Tom Coates - Native to a Web of Data](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tom-coates-native-to-a-web-of-data-35299.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://darkcoding.net/future-of-web-apps/tom-coates-native-to-a-web-of-data/>)

Author: Graham King

Published: 2006-03-11T18:45:43Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Graham King](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/graham-king.md>)

Topics: [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/interface.md>), [XML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/xml.md>), [RSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rss.md>), [Web platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-platform.md>), [Ajax](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ajax.md>)

Tags: [ajax](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ajax.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [futureofwebapps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/futureofwebapps.md>), [html](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html.md>), [interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interfaces.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [rss](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rss.md>), [society](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/society.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

This article summarizes notes from Tom Coates' Future Of Web Apps presentation about moving from linked web pages toward a web of data connected by APIs. It discusses designing around addressable, reusable data objects; providing HTML, API, and XML interfaces; using RSS for list pages; and preserving stable, predictable URLs while supporting manipulation interfaces.

## Source excerpt

Navigating the future: Web 2.0 insights from Tom Coates.