Towards Mobile Multimedia Mashup Ecosystem

Abstract

Mashups that combine already existing data into an integrated experience are becoming increasingly popular. So far most mashups have been built around maps and images. However, as the web is becoming an increasingly ubiquitous media, also multimedia content -sound, video and even small programs -is emerging as a candidate for mashup creation, with potentially superior user experience. Currently available methods to implement mashups do not allow effortless access to personal data across domains or provide means to ensure that the user experience is coherent. This paper describes our mobile mashup ecosystem aimed to solve these problems and work as a ubiquitous platform for mobile multimedia mashups. Furthermore, we provide a brief literature review about existing mashup frameworks and end-user programming. In addition, to constitute a basis for future work, we discuss about challenges expected to emerge when the ecosystem is implemented. Mashup ecosystem, multimedia,mobile environment

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