APIs provide an excellent opportunity for INSPIRE 1)Increase the use of the infrastructure ○ INSPIRE → mainstream ICT ○ Improve the discoverability through search ■ DWBP and SDWBP ● DWBP Best Practice 23: Make data available through an API ● SDWBP Best Practice 12: Expose spatial data through 'convenience APIs' 2)Leverage on grassroots standardisation ○ Novel approaches at the OGC (OGC API-Features and SensorThingsAPI) ■ Hackathons ■ Multiple early implementations ■ Co-creation of specifications