As mentioned, the acronym "SDK" stands for "Software Development Kit".
Specific to IBM Cognos, the IBM Cognos SDK is the published API that grants access to the BI Bus – the SOAP-based communication mechanism that ties the underlying IBM Cognos 8 BI services (report, content management, presentation, etc).
The SDK represents the keys to the proverbial castle for organizations looking to customize, extend, or integrate their IBM Cognos Enterprise BI platform. The IBM Cognos SDK opens the doors to incredible opportunity for application developers with broad access to IBM Cognos’ core services.
But with great power, comes great responsibility – and a little bit of knowledge is dangerous...
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