{"id":180,"date":"2010-09-17T16:50:25","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T21:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cteachr565b\/?p=180"},"modified":"2010-09-17T16:59:54","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T21:59:54","slug":"assignment-1-etec-511","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cteachr565b\/2010\/09\/17\/assignment-1-etec-511\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment #1 – etec 511"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mash-up<\/strong><\/span> by Catherine Gagnon<\/p>\n

Mash-up (mashup): combining content from various sources to create original work. Other terms used to describe mash-ups are remix<\/a>, collage, reuse, juxtaposition, derivative work.<\/p>\n

In order to create a mash-up, certain applications are now available that allow the user to combine other applications that were once proprietary. Mashups are centered on the consumer as they allow the use of standardized data and access formats such as RSS<\/a> which could be defined as “Web-accessible\u201d. Creating a mash-up is incumbent on using data sources that require minimal manipulation for the user to make sense of it. (Crupi & Warner, 2008)<\/p>\n

History<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In the first iteration of applications (web 1.0), companies usually created software that had to be used with their permission and could not be combined with other applications, examples are Corel Draw and Dreamweaver.<\/p>\n

With the advent of the web 2.0<\/a>, end users are now able to combine various applications to reformulate a product (deriving) or create a new product from a collage of existing data.<\/p>\n

Examples of mash-ups in various domains<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There are 3 different varieties of Mash-ups \u2013 Data, Consumer (end user) and Business. Consumer mash-ups are a combination of different data types, for example audio and video data to create a new Youtube<\/a> movie.<\/p>\n