A common way of actually building applications is the other half.
If applications built with these tools are to do anything, one still has to write some code.
"I can use this product to build very complex applications," he said.
Opportunities to build applications using current or home locations are now significantly increased.
This can then be used by people to build useful applications that help society, or investigate how effective policy changes have been over time.
Free for anyone interested in using them to build new applications or mashups from government data.
The applications built can be viewed from any modern web browser.
And Notes is a platform for building strategic applications like customer support.
"The rate at which you can build applications is an order of magnitude faster because the components all fit together so quickly."
The audio records also gave the researchers a new kind of information to organize and to build applications around.