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Lotus Mashups is a business mashups editor developed and distributed by IBM as part of the
IBM Mashup Center The IBM Mashup Center is an end-to-end enterprise mashup platform that enables the rapid creation, sharing, and discovery of reusable application building blocks ( widgets, feeds, mashups) that can be easily assembled into new applications or lever ...
system. Lotus Mashups is intended for use in professional environments, such as corporations and governments.


Features


Interface

Lotus Mashups is a self-contained web application, requiring no external software to develop mashup applications. Mashups uses the Dojo framework for Web 2.0 functionality.


Integration with Websphere Portal

Lotus Mashups has the ability to integrate portlets into mashup projects. This is accomplished either by importing a portlet from a connected
Websphere IBM WebSphere refers to a brand of proprietary computer software products in the genre of enterprise software known as "application and integration middleware". These software products are used by end-users to create and integrate applications w ...
Portal Portal often refers to: * Portal (architecture), an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, or the extremities (ends) of a tunnel Portal may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Gaming * ''Portal'' (series), two video games ...
server, or by uploading a .WAR file.


Security

In an effort to thwart unauthorized access of sensitive data by externally created widgets, all widgets are self-contained and isolated, unable to pass code back and forth unless specifically enabled by the mashup author.


InfoSphere MashupHub

The data and administration counterpart of Lotus Mashups,
InfoSphere Infosphere (''information'' + -''sphere''), analogous to a biosphere, is a metaphysical realm of information, data, knowledge, and communication, populated by informational entities called ''inforgs'' (or, ''informational organisms''). Though on ...
MashupHub is utilized for the following tasks: * Creating new widgets using data feeds * Housing a catalog of user-created widgets * Acting as catalyst for community collaboration


Consumer Use

Althoug
Lotus Greenhouse
allows users to use Lotus Mashups free of charge, purchase of IBM Mashup Center is required for private collaboration. Consequently, the consumer market would likely find Lotus Mashups to be cost-prohibitive.{{Cite web , url=https://www-112.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/buyingtools/paexpress/Express?P0=E1&part_number=D04N6LL,D04N4LL&catalogLocale=en_US&Locale=en_US&country=USA&PT=html&S_TACT=105AGX10&S_CMP=HP , title=IBM Passport Advantage Express , access-date=March 4, 2009 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173232/https://www-112.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/buyingtools/paexpress/Express?P0=E1&part_number=D04N6LL,D04N4LL&catalogLocale=en_US&Locale=en_US&country=USA&PT=html&S_TACT=105AGX10&S_CMP=HP , archive-date=March 3, 2016 , url-status=dead , df=mdy-all


See also

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Mashup (web application hybrid) A mashup (computer industry jargon), in web development, is a web page or web application that uses content from more than one source to create a single new service displayed in a single graphical interface. For example, a user could combine the ...


External links


Lotus Mashups home page

Lotus Greenhouse
- a web site where the public can test-drive Lotus collaboration products free of charge (registration required).


References

Mashup (web application hybrid) Rich web applications IBM software