OpenSocial

OpenSocial, Google's application platform for social networks, opens up a range of possibilities for your social networking site.

But OpenSocial has other benefits, too, like letting your users take their profile information across the range of sites using OpenSocial.

A gadget is described by an XML document that conforms to the OpenSocial specification.

Chambers said Yahoo wanted to make developers feel confident about using OpenSocial as a building block for future social applications.

This open source community is developing a reference implementation for the OpenSocial specification and deployment in this environment.

The test case shown in figure 2 demonstrates how Mashup Center supports interoperability between iWidgets and OpenSocial gadgets.

It's important to realize that the gadget definitions are not required to be hosted on the site that provides the container.

Techcrunch has sniffed out details on Google's new social network project, named OpenSocial (set to go live Thur US).

Allowing your users to take their profile information to other sites implementing OpenSocial is another big advantage.

This sample scenario provides a simple example of how iWidgets and OpenSocial widgets interoperate to send and receive random numbers.

Carbon Studio also contains a data service editor, and integrate Eclipse BPEL editor and OpenSocial development tools.

For simplicity, you'll deploy this sample gadget to the iGoogle sandbox which will provide the OpenSocial container.

By being an OpenSocial container, a site can provide an easy way to aggregate a collection of services from across the Web.

The OpenSocial gadget API is an extension to this core gadget API.

The iWidget and OpenSocial gadgets have to publish and subscribe on the same predefined and specific channel.

See developing standards in social applications at the Open Social project.

Understanding the collection of technologies described by the OpenSocial 2. 0 specification is a good place to start (see Resources).

Apache's Shindig is an OpenSocial container, which means it can run OpenSocial gadgets, as well as core gadgets.

But it's silly to think that app developers are going to shun Facebook's 50 million users if they don't join OpenSocial.

Gadgets: A gadget is an application users can participate with, many of which are built on Google's OpenSocial platform.

The mashed-up pages can be created by using iWidgets and OpenSocial gadgets.

Given that Ning Apps is based on the OpenSocial standard, however, developers will surely create a lot more apps in the near future.

They can build an app that easily works across all the OpenSocial partners.

For example, Shindig rpc. js provides the underlying communication mechanism for OpenSocial gadgets and the container.

There is also a trend for more interoperability between social networks led by technologies such as OpenID and OpenSocial.

Many open social websites, such as Orkut and hi5, have their own OpenSocial containers, too.

For example, in the consumer space, a standard called OpenSocial has emerged.

For example, you can edit catalog_os. xml and add your own iWidget and OpenSocial gadgets.