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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">As part of my master's thesis at the
Chair of Information Systems and Value-Based Process Management at the
University of Bayreuth, I am working on the topic "The Impact of
Standardization of Boundary Resources on the Innovativeness of Digital Platforms".
Part of my work deals with the empirical analysis of OpenStreetMap and for this
I need your expertise.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The basis for my work is relevant
research literature on this topic. Based on this, I compare the found results
from research with the status quo in practice. A special focus is on the
identification of characteristics and factors that influence the innovativeness
of application programming interfaces. The editing application programming
interfaces of OpenStreetMap will serve as an example. More precisely, it will
be investigated whether APIs are used for standardization. In addition, the
effects and motivations with regard to standardization and innovation of the
individual versions will be discussed. In the interview, the versions V0.3 to
V0.6 will be examined in more detail. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">In order to gather actual insights
and real-world experience, I am conducting interviews with members of the
OpenStreetMap open source project. If you already have experience with
OpenStreetMaps and the Editing API, I would be very happy if you would share
your expertise with me. The duration of an interview is about 45 - 60 minutes. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Of course, you will also receive the
results that emerge within the master thesis and thus new insights for the
adaptation of boundary resources such as application programming interfaces. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">For the further procedure I would be
very pleased if you would contact me by mail to discuss everything further and
to fix a date. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:jonas.feuchtmueller@uni-bayreuth.de" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">jonas.feuchtmueller@uni-bayreuth.de</a>
or <a href="mailto:jonas.feuchtmueller@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">jonas.feuchtmueller@gmail.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards and hopefully see you
soon</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Jonas Feuchtmueller</span></p></div>