Introduction to Mashups and Mashup Genres

When: 08/06

Link: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-mashups.html?ca=dgr-lnxw16MashupChallenges#genres

Reading Notes:
Mashups are described according the following categories:

1)Mapping – the Google Maps API allows the power of mapping to be conveniently added to presentations, activities, and fundraising. Yahoo Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, and AOL’s Mapquest also offer APIs.

2)Video – social networking sites like Flikr allow images to be organized and/or retrieved based on metadata associated with the images.

3)Search – search and shopping mashups have existed for some time with sites like MySimon and Froogle. Now, eBay and Amazon have released APIs for programmatically accessing their content.

4)News – syndication technologies like RSS and Atom allow for news feed mashups. Sites like Digg.com, and Del.icio.us are examples of aggregated newsfeeds which can create personalized (in this case, technology oriented) webpages.