Navigating through Mashed-up Applications with COMPASS

Abstract-- Mashups integrate a set of complementary Webservices and data sources, often referred to as mashlets. We consider here a common scenario where the integrated mashlets are part of larger Web-applications, and their integration yields a set of inter-connected applications. We refer to them as Mashedup Applications (abbr. MashAPP). The inter-connections between the mashlets enrich the individual Web-applications, but at the same time make the user navigation within them more intricate as actions in one application may affect others. To address this difficulty, we present COMPASS, a system that assists users in their navigation through MashAPPs. The system employs a novel top-k algorithm to propose users the most effective navigation paths for their specified goals. The suggestions are continually adapted to choices taken by the users while navigating.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: ICDE
• Authors: Daniel Deutch, Ohad Greenshpan, Tova Milo
• Keywords: Complementary Webservices, Database, Effective Navigation Paths, ICDE 2010, Larger Web-applications