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A mashup is a term used to describe 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.

The etymology of this term almost certainly derives from its similar use in pop music.

Many people are experimenting with mashups using eBay, Amazon, Google, and Yahoos APIs.

Quotes

"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 their 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

"We know we don't have a corner on creativity. There are creative people all around the world, hundreds of millions of them, and they are going to think of things to do with our basic platform that we didn't think of. So the mashup stuff is a wonderful way of allowing people to find new ways of applying the basic infrastructures we're propagating. This will turn out to be a major source of ideas for applying Google-based technology to a variety of applications." Vint Cerf

External links

Articles about mashups

• Mix, Match, and Mutate Businessweek article

Sites about mashups

• ProgrammableWeb John Musser's list of mashups, APIs, and a blog
• The Tech Beat: Mash-ups Blog entries on mashups from Business Week
• The Web API Tracker Ivan Pope's API blog
• WSFinder List of APIs and blog

Examples of mashups

• Aytozon Comparison shopping engine
• CommunityWalk Create your own Google Maps. Actually it's not a mashup, but neither are about half of these (frappr, panoramio, or anything else that isn't mashing up two things, but is simply deploying the Google Maps creatively)
• Daily Mashup Mashup of popular links, news, and photos
• DealMine.com Comparison shopping mashup with discounts from a wide range of affinity programs including associations, clubs, miles and points programs, unions, credit cards, work benefits and more.
• Flickr Contacts Map View your Flickr contacts on a Yahoo! map
• Frappr Google Maps community tool
• Googlemark.org Create your own googlemark for your unique word, sentence, phrase, portmanteau ...
• GymPost Fitness Facility Locator
• HousingMaps.com Classified listings on a map
• Internet Bargain Center eBay + Google college, zip code, and airport mashup
• MashMap Movie and Showtime Map
• Million Pixel Mashup Pixel Advertising and Ajax + Javascript + DHTML mashup

• Panoramio photo-sharing community over Google Maps
• SkiBonk Ski resort conditions, cams, and snow forecasts on a Google Map
• Supreme Court Zeitgeist Current news and opinions about the U.S. Supreme Court
• Upcoming Events Upcoming.org events on a Yahoo! Flash map
• WeatherBonk Weather observations, cams, and more on a Google Map
• Xbox Radar Helping people find Xbox 360 products and information
• ZACK bookmaps: find, locate and loan a book with Google Maps

Software for building mashups

• Open Source GIS Master index of Open Source GIS applications.

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