Web 2.0 Architectures

The Mashup Pattern

Also Known As

Other terms you may encounter in discussions of the Mashup pattern include:

Whole-Part pattern

The Whole-Part pattern, a pattern of composition and aggregation, is well established in software architecture. In many instances, there are specific nuances. For example, sometimes a whole does not know or cannot see that it is composed of parts, while in other cases it may hide this fact from those that interact with it. An example of the latter might be a software system that uses all open source software internally, yet hides this fact and all the interfaces that the software provides so that other software entities cannot use the functionality.

Aggregate relationship (as described in UML 2.0)

Aggregation is a specialized type of Whole-Part pattern in which individual parts can exist independently without the whole, yet can also be aggregated into the whole. If the whole ceases to exist, each of the parts can still exist.

Composite Relationship pattern (as described in UML 2.0)

In a composite relationship, a whole is composed of individual parts. In the Composite Relationship pattern (often summarized as a “has a” relationship), the whole cannot exist without the parts, nor can the parts exist without the whole. The life cycle of the parts is tied directly to the life cycle of the whole.

Composite applications

The concept of creating applications from multiple particles of computing resources is similar to the concept of aggregating data from many resources. ...