Workshop: Introduction to mashups

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A mashup combines data from several sources to create something new, such as a Google map showing the location of outbreaks of swine flu. It is surprising how commonplace mashups have become: blogs, Yahoo Finance, Google, Geograph, and the latest UK police forces' crime statistics all use mashups. This introductory half day session will look at examples from a variety of sectors and subject areas and show how easy it can be to create your own.

Areas covered include:

how mashups work and the technologies involved
how to produce a simple mashup yourself
quality and copyright issues

There will be a practical session during which you can explore mashups for yourself and even create one of your own. Notes and instruction sheets will be provided.

The workshop leader is Karen Blakeman.

For further information about the course content please contact Karen Blakeman, RBA Information Services, Tel: 0118 947 2256 (+44 118 947 2256), Fax:020 8020 0253 (+44 20 8020 0253), or email Training

This page was last updated on 5 November, 2009