International Business Machines Corporation

Ajith Ranabahu

Stefan Tai

E Michael Maximilien

Methods and apparatus for descriptively representing an application programming interface and data of a networked software application, and a descriptive domain specific language are presented. Additionally, methods and apparatus for mashup creation, including a repository of networking or Web applications that may be reused and combined, are presented. Networked software applications and mashups are provided with mostly declarative common structure and design, facilitating sharing and reuse of mashup and mashup parts. For example, a method for representing a first application programming interface of a first networked software application includes forming a declarative representation of the first application programming interface, and forming a declarative representation of first data. The first networked software application comprises the first application programming interface and the first data.

Declarative representation of networked applications

Mashup creation, through the reuse and combination of existing networking or Web applications, are presented. For example, a method for forming a networked software application on a first computer resource coupled by a network to a client computer of a user includes accessing, within a repository that is part of the first computer resource, a first networked software application part, forming, within the first computer resource, a second networked software application part, and providing the second networked software application part to the repository. The second networked software application part comprises a first element of the first networked software application part. The steps of accessing, forming and providing are performed using the first computer resource comprising the repository. The first and the second networked software application parts remain on the first computer resource, and separate from the client computer, during the forming of the second networked software application part.

Growing community of inventors

Fairborn, OH, United States of America

Ajith Ranabahu