Comments on: Mashups and Situational Apps http://exeedtechnology.com/mashups-and-situational-apps Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:57:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Jacob Ukelson http://exeedtechnology.com/mashups-and-situational-apps/comment-page-1#comment-549 Jacob Ukelson Wed, 14 May 2008 07:48:24 +0000 http://exeedtechnology.com/mashups-and-situational-apps#comment-549 DSS and BI systems are usually systems that take structured data from a database and allow programmers to create various views and slices of data. Mashups are more focused on XML (or semi structured data) rather then structured data. They also are easier to build - take a few streams of data, join together in some simple way and you have a mashup (sometimes they are called situational apps, since you can easily build them for a specific situationand then throw them away). To build mashups you need data in an XML format (and RSS is even better) and some combining mechanism (like Yahoo Pipes which can combine RSS feeds and provide result RSS feeds, or if you want something behind the firewal - JackBe Presto) and a way to display the results (e.g. an RSS reader). So as long as your SOA can give you the data you need as XML (or preferably RSS), it should be easy to build mashups. DSS and BI systems are usually systems that take structured data from a database and allow programmers to create various views and slices of data. Mashups are more focused on XML (or semi structured data) rather then structured data. They also are easier to build - take a few streams of data, join together in some simple way and you have a mashup (sometimes they are called situational apps, since you can easily build them for a specific situationand then throw them away).

To build mashups you need data in an XML format (and RSS is even better) and some combining mechanism (like Yahoo Pipes which can combine RSS feeds and provide result RSS feeds, or if you want something behind the firewal - JackBe Presto) and a way to display the results (e.g. an RSS reader). So as long as your SOA can give you the data you need as XML (or preferably RSS), it should be easy to build mashups.

]]> By: zara http://exeedtechnology.com/mashups-and-situational-apps/comment-page-1#comment-543 zara Tue, 13 May 2008 15:08:28 +0000 http://exeedtechnology.com/mashups-and-situational-apps#comment-543 Thank you, I understand a lot clearer now, in this case, what the difference between “enterprise mashup” and DSS systems that show information in graphs, data coming from different systems in an integrated way and help managers in their dictions. In comparison to DSS systems available in the market, is there any room for “enterprise mashup” softwares? And another question, what changes should take place in the “services” of an organization that has already implemented SOA, to be able to use mashup? Many many thanks Thank you, I understand a lot clearer now, in this case, what the difference between “enterprise mashup” and DSS systems that show information in graphs, data coming from different systems in an integrated way and help managers in their dictions. In comparison to DSS systems available in the market, is there any room for “enterprise mashup” softwares?

And another question, what changes should take place in the “services” of an organization that has already implemented SOA, to be able to use mashup?

Many many thanks

]]> By: Jacob Ukelson http://exeedtechnology.com/mashups-and-situational-apps/comment-page-1#comment-540 Jacob Ukelson Tue, 13 May 2008 10:21:20 +0000 http://exeedtechnology.com/mashups-and-situational-apps#comment-540 Orchestration (Cape Clear or otherwise) is (forthe most part) a way to connect web services in such a way that they implement some business process. Most orchestration tools use BPEL as their runtime orchestration description language. So effectively you write BPEL code invoking web services to implement some business process. Mashups are more data oriented (you can even think of orchestration as process flow, while mashups up are data flow). In XML format comes in from various sources, and then combined and displayed. It is much more lightweight than orchestration, and is used to gain insight into data,rather than implement a business process. Orchestration (Cape Clear or otherwise) is (forthe most part) a way to connect web services in such a way that they implement some business process. Most orchestration tools use BPEL as their runtime orchestration description language. So effectively you write BPEL code invoking web services to implement some business process.

Mashups are more data oriented (you can even think of orchestration as process flow, while mashups up are data flow). In XML format comes in from various sources, and then combined and displayed. It is much more lightweight than orchestration, and is used to gain insight into data,rather than implement a business process.

]]> By: zara http://exeedtechnology.com/mashups-and-situational-apps/comment-page-1#comment-527 zara Sun, 11 May 2008 13:44:50 +0000 http://exeedtechnology.com/mashups-and-situational-apps#comment-527 Hi, Could you please explain whats the differance between Enterprise Mashup softwares and Cape Clear Orchestration (http://www.capeclear.com/products/orchestrator2.shtml)? Many thanks Hi,

Could you please explain whats the differance between Enterprise Mashup softwares and Cape Clear Orchestration (http://www.capeclear.com/products/orchestrator2.shtml)?

Many thanks

]]> By: Jacob Ukelson http://exeedtechnology.com/mashups-and-situational-apps/comment-page-1#comment-5 Jacob Ukelson Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:06:25 +0000 http://exeedtechnology.com/mashups-and-situational-apps#comment-5 A nice comparison of differnt existing Mashup tools: http://mashable.com/2007/07/08/mashups/#more-6073 A nice comparison of differnt existing Mashup tools: http://mashable.com/2007/07/08/mashups/#more-6073

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