Common API 

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The common APIs allow application programs to discover information about Lotus® Connections as a whole, as opposed to a specific application of the product.

Versioning
All of the Atom feeds and collections produced by the Lotus Connections API contain an Atom generator tag. This generator tag can be used to determine the version of Lotus Connections that produced the corresponding feed or collection.

Accessing other applications from one application
Starting from one Lotus Connections applications, discover the URIs of all of the installed applications.

Following API
Use this API to keep track of IBM Lotus Connections resources that interest you, such as a person or community, a blog or a particular file.

Common entry types
The following entry types are exposed in more than one of the applications.

Common tasks
You can perform the following tasks in more than one of the applications.

Common parameters
Lists the parameters that can be used on most subscription API requests.

Parent topic: Lotus Connections APIs