Future of Mash Ups

.The group that selects this topic as thiers please put your name and composition here!
.Then place your 20 research questions
.Then divide the questions amoungst the group and answer them in this page! (to be done for next week Thursday - 4 May)

GROUP MEMBERS

Shanoj Chandroth
Bahadir Odevci
Liz Oldham
Stephanie Veltkamp

INTRODUCTION

Mash-ups of everything imaginable are appearing all over the internet, from blogs and real estate, to social networking and traffic news. Information is now being repurposed in ways never thought possible before. In the course of structuring our approach through the future of mashups, you can find below the questions that we thought of.

"The Web was originally designed to be mashed up," says Google Web developer Aaron Boodman.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What is a mashup?

How does a mashup work?

What is an API?

What are some examples of mashups?

What are the advantages of mashups?

Why do existing websites let their information be used for mashups?

What are the limiting factors for ubiquitous adoption of mash-ups?

What is enterprise mash-up?

What is SOA, how does it resonate with mash-ups ?

What is SOBA, can SOBA be thought of enterprise mash-up?

What is the future of mash-ups ?

What are the disadvantsges of mashups?

Who are mashups targeted at?

What are the main issues with regards to mashups and copyright law?

Are there any changes being made with regards to mashups and copyright?

How can people learn more about mashups? Mashup camp?

What is REST, REST API?

What is Transactional Mashups?

What are the business implications of mashups?

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