Mashup

From Wikipedia:Mashup_%28web_application_hybrid%29

A mashup is a website or web application that seamlessly combines content from more than one source into an integrated experience.

Content used in mashups is typically sourced from a third party via a public interface or API. Other methods of sourcing content for mashups include Web feeds (e.g. RSS or Atom) and JavaScript includes.

useful links:

• http://www.programmableweb.com/ - comprehensive mashup info site
• http://ewasteinsights.info/mashupTest/progWebLinks.html - mashup data source list and doc
• http://wiki.mashupcamp.com/index.php/Intro101 - intro 101
• http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/googlemaps/index.htm - Google map tutorial
• MashupCamp - an unconference where developers meet

Examples:

• Flickr Contacts Map - view your Flickr contacts on a Yahoo map
• Rrove - save the places that you're visiting and share the locations with everybody else
• http://worldkit.org/ - mapping application for the web

-- PeterThoeny - 19 Jan 2006

Discussions

How about creating cool mashup applications and a mashup framework for TWiki? This could be StudentProjects.

-- PeterThoeny - 19 Jan 2006

Interesting, and hard to beat: Yahoo Pipes.

-- ArthurClemens - 20 Jul 2007

OpenSocial is a new standard that can be used to build Mashups.

-- PeterThoeny - 16 Nov 2007

GuestButtons are an example of my favorite thought: MashUps that bring together multiple TWikiPlugins

-- KeithHelfrich - 10 May 2008