An Online Platform for Web APIs and Service Mashups

Author

Maximilien, E. Michael ; Ranabahu, Ajith ; Gomadam, Karthik

Author_Institution

IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA

Volume

12

Issue

5

fYear

2008

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

43

Abstract

On the newly programmable Web, mashups are flourishing. Designers create mashups by combining components of existing Web sites and applications. Although rapid mashup proliferation offers many opportunities, a lack of standarization and compatibility offers considerable challenges. IBM Sharable Code is an online service platform for developing and sharing situational Web 2.0 applications and mashups. The platform is based on an innovative domain-specific language that streamlines and standardizes the development and deployment of applications consuming and exposing Web APIs. Parts of the DSL and the resulting applications and mashups can be shared and reused by members of the IBM Sharable Code community. In this article, the authors offer an overview of the platform´s architecture and the DSL language at its core.

Keywords

Web services; Web sites; application program interfaces; IBM Sharable Code; Web 2.0 application; Web API; Web application; Web sites; online platform; online service platform; programmable Web; service mashups; Collaboration; Explosions; Feeds; Logic programming; Mashups; Protocols; Publishing; Service oriented architecture; Standardization; XML; Ruby on Rails; Web 2.0; domain-specific languages; mashups; service mashups;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Internet Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7801

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIC.2008.92

Filename

4620092