Fecha de publicación: 31/07/2014 Fuente: WIPO "apis" An image forming apparatus that realizes one or more functions based on a device by using an installed application includes a plurality of devices, a controller, a set of APIs, and an application platform. The plurality of devices includes a printing device. The controller executes a plurality of actual processes that control the plurality of devices. The set of APIs call the plurality of actual processes. The application platform provides each API from the set of APIs to the application. The controller further includes a support determination unit that determines, for an API from the set of APIs, whether the API is supported by the image forming apparatus based on the information for support determination of the API.