A Web 2.0 Style Mash-up using the OpenLink Ajax Toolkit (OAT)

Thu, 25 May 2006 20:47:00 GMT

We are now on the verge of finally releasing one of the many items discussed in my recent chat with Jon Udell. The item in question is the OpenLink Ajax Toolkit (OAT) that enables the rapid development of Database Independent Rich Internet Applications. My very first public screencast is deliberately silent (since its a live work in progress etc.).

The screencast style demo covers the production of a map based mashup that simply unveils the national flag of each country underneath its map marker (a lookup associated with geocoded map pin).

This post is also a deliberate test of the automatic production of IPod and Yahoo RSS sytle syndication gems based on the content of my blog post. Naturally, this is a demonstration of the soon to be unveiled OpenLink Data Spaces technology (the one that supports GData and SPARQL Query Services).

BTW - The the Data Space that is this blog has been GData aware for a few weeks now (I digress, just watch the movie!):

Note: If you are reading this post Web 1.0 style (i.e. via traditional non aggregating browser UI) then click on the "enclosure" link to grab the quicktime movie file. If on the other hand your are reading via a Web 2.0 aggregator, note that the Podcast Gem should alert you to the existence of the movie enclosure.

Kingsley Idehen's Blog Data Space

A Web 2.0 Style Mash-up using the OpenLink Ajax Toolkit (OAT)