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RWebData: A High-Level Interface to the Programmable Web

By: Ulrich Matter  
Open Access
|Feb 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.201 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 30, 2017
Accepted on: Feb 7, 2018
Published on: Feb 21, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2018 Ulrich Matter, published by Ubiquity Press
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