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Mashup

In this chapter, you will learn:oDescribe what is mash up o Identify the different type of mash up o Identify the mashup data integration challenges

What is Mashup

• Mashup is a web page or application that uses and combines data, presentation or functionality from two or more sources to create new services.

What is Mashup

• The term mashup is also used to describe a remix of digital data.

o Have an active role in the evolution of social software and Web 2.0

o composition tools are usually simple enough to be used by end-users

o support visual wiring of GUI widgets, services and components together.

Characteristics of Mashup

• Combination• Visualization• Aggregation

To be able to permanently access the data of other services, mashups are generally client applications or hosted online.

Types of Mashup

• Business (or enterprise) mashups apps that combine their own resources, application and data with other external Web services

Types of Mashup

• Consumer mashupscombines data from multiple public sources in the browser and organizes it through a browser UIo Wikipedia combines Google Map and a Wikipedia API

Types of Mashup

• Data mashupscombine similar types of media and information from multiple sources into a single representation.

API

• Application programming interface (API) o is a specification intended to be used as an

interface by software components to communicate with each other

By API Type

Data Types• Indexed data

o documents, weblogs, images, videos, shopping articles, jobs used by Metasearch engines

• Cartographic and geographic data:o Geolocation software, Geovisualization

• Feeds, podcasts: o News aggregators

By API Type

Functions• Data converters:

o language translators, speech processing, URL shorteners

• Communication: o email, instant messaging, notification.

• Visual data rendering: o Information visualization, diagrams

• Security related: o electronic payment systems, ID identification...

• Editors

Mashup Enabler

Mashup Enabler is a tool for transforming incompatible IT resources into a form that allows them to be easily combined to create a mashup.

Example:o Presto Mashup Connectorso Convertigo Web Integrator o Caspio Bridge

Data Integration Challenges

• Text–data mismatch• Object identity and separate schema• Abstraction levels• Data quality

Data Integration Challenges

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