The ServFace Builder - A WYSIWYG Approach for Building Service-Based Applications

Mashups can be seen as the result of software composition applied to the Web. One of the characteristics of mashup development is the heterogeneity of its building components in terms of logical layering (e.g., user interface, application logic, and data), access method (e.g., REST, SOAP), and composition technique (e.g., scraping vs. clipping, synchronous vs. asynchronous interaction, discrete vs. streaming). This poses a challenge towards the design of mashup tools aiming at lowering the barriers of mashup development, as this heterogeneity needs to be abstracted. In this paper, we address this challenge by proposing a new JSONbased domain-specific language for describing heterogeneous mashup components, called the Mashup Component Description Language (MCDL). MCDL lies at the core of a meta-model for mashup component modeling, and can be used for component discovery and classification but also for user-centric mashup development as it decouples the interface of a mashup component from its underlying implementation technologies.

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“…Examples are Yahoo! pipes [22], Intel Mash Maker [9], IBM Mashup Center [10], MashArt [7], and ServFace [13].…”

Section: Discussion and Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With the increasing number of existing mashup tools(e.g., [9], [7], and [13]), a standard component meta-model can potentially facilitate portability of components between them. With this, component discovery will not be bound to the local library of a single mashup tool.…”

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confidence: 99%

The mashup component description language

Aghaee

Pautasso

2011

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-Based Applications and Services

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“…In our case, we have used a JavaScript server to interconnect different types of components using Web Sockets. DashMash [3] and ServFace [14] are other examples of similar projects.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Web Services Infrastructure for the Management of Mashup Interfaces

Vallecillos

Criado

Fernández-García

et al. 2016

Service-Oriented Computing – ICSOC 2015 Workshops

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Abstract. In the technological world of today, user interfaces (as an essential part of many software applications) are constantly changing in order to meet the needs of different users and adapt to their environment. Accordingly, there is a need for mechanisms to carry out these change processes. This article describes a structure of web services which support the adaptation which constructs mashup type web user interfaces. These interfaces are constructed using third party component architectures, called COTSgets.

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“…Visual programming is widely used by existing mashup tools in the form of wiring diagrams, in which users dragand-drop mashup components (visualized as boxes) and connect them to form a mashup. Examples are Yahoo Pipes (YP) [21], IBM Mashup Center (IMC) [22], ServFace [23], and Presto Cloud [24]. The main problem of these tools, according to a recent study conducted by Namoun et.…”

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confidence: 99%

End-User Programming for Web Mashups

Aghaee

Pautasso

2012

Current Trends in Web Engineering

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Abstract. Mashup is defined as the practice of lightweight composition, serendipitous reuse, and user-centric development on the Web. In spite of the fact that the development of mashups is rather simple due to the reuse of all the required layers of a Web application (functionality, data, and user interface), it still requires programming experience. This is a significant hurdle for non-programmers (end-users with minimal or no programming experience), who constitute the majority of Web users. To cope with this, an End-User Programming (EUP) tool can be designed to reduce the barriers of mashup development, in a way that even non-programmers will be able to create innovative, feature-rich mashups. In this paper, we give an overview of the existing EUP approaches for mashup development, as well as a list of open research challenges.

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The ServFace Builder - A WYSIWYG Approach for Building Service-Based Applications

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The mashup component description language

The mashup component description language

A Web Services Infrastructure for the Management of Mashup Interfaces

End-User Programming for Web Mashups

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