Aspects and challenges of mashup creator design

TL;DR

This paper discusses the key factors and challenges in designing mashup creators, which combine web data and services to enable rapid development of new applications in the Web 2.0 era.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of the main considerations and open challenges in creating effective mashup creation tools.

Findings

Identifies critical factors for mashup creator design

Highlights key challenges and research opportunities

Provides a framework for future mashup tool development

Abstract

With the advent of Web 2.0, an increasing number of web sites has started offering their data over the web in standard formats and exposed their functionality as APIs. A new type of applications has taken advantage of the new data and services available by mixing them, in order to generate new applications fast and efficiently, getting its name from its own architectural style: mashups. A set of applications that aims to help a user create, deploy and manage his mashups has also emerged, using various approaches. In this paper we discuss the key factors that should be taken into consideration when designing a mashup creator, along with the most important challenges that offer a field for research.