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"The mash-up part of this equation, is the offspring of an environment where application developers see it in the own selfish interest to facilitate the creation of integrated, yet highly derivative application hybrids by third parties, something they do by providing rich public APIs to their user base." | "The mash-up part of this equation, is the offspring of an environment where application developers see it in the own selfish interest to facilitate the creation of integrated, yet highly derivative application hybrids by third parties, something they do by providing rich public APIs to their user base." | ||
The etymology of this term almost certainly derives from its similar use in | The etymology of this term almost certainly derives from its similar use in | ||
===References=== | ===References=== |
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A Mashup is a web application created using the public interface or API of two or more third party applications.
" Nowadays, there's a lot of talk about Web 2.0, web mashups, AJAX, etc., which in my mind are all facets of the same phenomenon: that information and presentation are being separated in ways that allow for novel forms of reuse." Sho Kuwamoto
"The mash-up part of this equation, is the offspring of an environment where application developers see it in the own selfish interest to facilitate the creation of integrated, yet highly derivative application hybrids by third parties, something they do by providing rich public APIs to their user base." Mark Sigal
The etymology of this term almost certainly derives from its similar use in pop music
References
- Mix, Match and Mutate Businessweek article
External Links
- ProgrammableWeb List of Mashups, APIs and blog
- WSFinder List of APIs and blog
- Web API Tracker Ivan Pope's API blog
- Mashable Pete Cashmore's Mashup blog
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