[mashup-dev] Re: Mashup-dev Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4

[E. Michael Maximilien]

> Max, welcome to this list! Let me do a quick intro .. Max is at IBM
> Research in Almaden and is working on some mashup stuff. Ajith is
> interning with him this summer.
>
> Max please do send a note indicating what you're doing (whatever  
> you can
> make public at this point).

Hi Sanjiva et al.,

Thanks for the intro.  As you mentioned, Ajith and I are working on a  
Web API Mashup platform.  That is it's a collection of Web  
application tools, libraries (DSL in our world), models, and example  
mashups, to make the development, management, and deployment of Web  
API mashups relatively easy.

We focus on having a unified model for Web APIs as well as mashups.   
Our goals is to make the process collaborative (in the spirit of  
Yahoo Pipes) but also having various tools on top (some targetted for  
end-users like Pipes and some for more advanced developers like the  
GEditor).

Some key differences are that we are doing this exclusively in Ruby  
on Rails.  This has various advantages.  For instance we have some  
DSLs to make accessing different Web APIs relatively easy and other  
DSLs for other aspects.  Finally, RoR comes out of the box with an  
excellent architecture (MVC) as well as philosophy that we are  
adopting.   Of course RoR also has tons of nice features to make AJAX  
development easy as well as accessing a DB.

We have a DRAFT paper of the initial thoughts and progress on the  
mashup DSL.  It's under review for a conference.  If you want to see  
this then let me know and I'll forward to you.  Once published, we  
will be happy to post a link.

Our focus this summer is to complete the platform.  Including DSLs as  
well as the initial tooling.

If you want more details then let us know.  Ajith, feel free to jump  
in as well.

BTW, I just arrive in Vienna and will be in Europe for two weeks.   
Couple of workshops, a talk, conference, and vacation :-)

I might be slow responding or respond at odd hours.

> Max, welcome.  In a few weeks perhaps I could come down (I'm based  
> outside
> Sacramento) and give you a demo of our approach to Service  
> Composition as
> "Mashups."
>
> Jonathan Marsh - http://www.wso2.com - http:// 
> auburnmarshes.spaces.live.com


Cool.  We should plan this for end of June or in July.  My Euro trip  
will slow my June activities.

>> Max please do send a note indicating what you're doing (whatever you
>> can
>> make public at this point).

See above.  Sorry about delay.  I was in transit from SFO to London  
then London to Vienna.  About 22 hours total and hardly any space or  
time to do anything but read, movies, and sleep.

Best,

max