Mashup Guide » design patterns http://blog.mashupguide.net A blog about Raymond Yee's Book Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:40:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.mashupguide.net http://blog.mashupguide.net/favicon.ico Mashup Guide Mining the data in ProgrammableWeb for Design Patterns in Mashups http://blog.mashupguide.net/2007/04/26/mining-the-data-in-programmableweb-for-design-patterns-in-mashups/ http://blog.mashupguide.net/2007/04/26/mining-the-data-in-programmableweb-for-design-patterns-in-mashups/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:36:26 +0000 raymond.yee http://blog.mashupguide.net/2007/04/26/mining-the-data-in-programmableweb-for-design-patterns-in-mashups/ In chapter 9, I look in detail at some individual mashups. I also want to know more about mashups in general, to do a macro-analysis of mashups. That is, I would look at the broadest range of mashups to look for design patterns that cross many examples. One way forward would be an analysis using [...]]]>

In chapter 9, I look in detail at some individual mashups. I also want to know more about mashups in general, to do a macro-analysis of mashups. That is, I would look at the broadest range of mashups to look for design patterns that cross many examples.

One way forward would be an analysis using ProgrammableWeb, probably the single best compilation available of mashups and corresponding APIs available on the public web. There are some patterns that are immediately obvious from a study of the site; I say immediately obvious because John Musser, its creator has surfaced these elements in the interface. Let me point out some of the data about mashups:

  • You can get an overview of the mashup world, newly registered ones, what's popular at the Mashup Dashboard.
  • "mapping" is the most popular tag associated with mashups, followed by "photo"
  • The Web 2.0 Mashup Matrix displays mashups by their use of every combination of 2 APIs in the ProgrammableWeb database.

In addition, to what is obvious in the data, I would like to pose more questions that should be derivable from what is in ProgrammableWeb.com:

  • How many APIs are used by the mashups? That is, what's the distribution -- how many use 1, 2, 3, etc. APIs.
  • What's the most common pair of APIs being used? Most common threesome?
  • Is there any correlation between the popularity of an API and the popularity of mashups that use that API?
  • Are there broader correlations among usage patterns of APIs if we cluster them by categories? Are mashups likely to use more than one API in the same category or across categories?

As of the writing of this book, there is no formal API to programmableweb.com -- so answering these and allied questions require some other form of access to the data. I'm working with John to get such access.

]]> http://blog.mashupguide.net/2007/04/26/mining-the-data-in-programmableweb-for-design-patterns-in-mashups/feed/ 0 At work on Chapter 9 http://blog.mashupguide.net/2007/04/21/at-work-on-chapter-9/ http://blog.mashupguide.net/2007/04/21/at-work-on-chapter-9/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:26:00 +0000 raymond.yee http://blog.mashupguide.net/2007/04/21/at-work-on-chapter-9/ I'm working today on the first draft of Chapter 9 "Dissecting mashups and remixes". Ideally, I'd like to create the equivalent of the Gang of Four's Design Patterns for mashups. Such a project is long-term effort. For this chapter, I suggest finding several emerging patterns from an analysis of a handful of specific mashups. I [...]]]>

I'm working today on the first draft of Chapter 9 "Dissecting mashups and remixes". Ideally, I'd like to create the equivalent of the Gang of Four's Design Patterns for mashups. Such a project is long-term effort. For this chapter, I suggest finding several emerging patterns from an analysis of a handful of specific mashups. I will also outline how we can look for patterns latent in the ProgrammableWeb database of mashups.

Where we can look for analyses of mashup-related patterns?

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