OpenSocial
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OpenSocial is a set of common application programming interfaces (APIs) for web-based social network applications, developed by Google, and released November 1, 2007.[1] Applications implementing the OpenSocial APIs will be interoperable with any social network system that supports them, including features on sites such as MySpace[2] and Friendster.[3] OpenSocial is commonly described as a more open cross-platform alternative to the Facebook Platform (released in late May 2007) by popular social network service Facebook.[4] Reportedly behind the OpenSocial project is Brad Fitzpatrick,[5] an open source web developer best known as the creator of the virtual community website LiveJournal, who left Six Apart to work on social network integration (referred to as the "social graph").[6] OpenSocial is rumored to be part of a larger social networking initiative by Google code-named "Makamaka",[7] which is defined as meaning "intimate friend with whom one is on terms of receiving and giving freely" in Hawaiian.[8]
Structure
Based on the widely-used open standards HTML and JavaScript, OpenSocial features three APIs for social software applications ("apps") to access data and core functions on participating social networks ("containers").[9] Each API addresses a different aspect: one for People Data (people and relationship information), one for Activities (publishing and accessing user activity information), and one for Persistence (simple key-value pair data for server-free stateful applications).[10]
Partners
For launch, partner sites committed to supporting the OpenSocial APIs include the social network services Bebo, Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, mixi, MySpace, Ning, Orkut, Plaxo, Six Apart, XING; as well as business-oriented networking companies LinkedIn, Tianji, Salesforce.com, Viadeo, and Oracle. Partner developers who have already built applications implementing the APIs include Flixster, FotoFlexer, iLike, RockYou, Slide, Theikos, and VirtualTourist.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Google Launches OpenSocial to Spread Social Applications Across the Web". Google. 2007-11-01. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "MySpace and Google Join Forces to Launch Open Platform for Social Application Development". Google. 2007-11-01. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Helft, Miguel (2007-11-02). "MySpace Joins Google Alliance to Counter Facebook". New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Helft, Miguel (2007-10-31). "Google and Friends to Gang Up on Facebook". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Social Network Wars: Google + Everyone Else vs Facebook". AjaxWorld Magazine. SYS-CON Publications. 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); External link in|coauthors=|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Schonfeld, Erick (2007-10-29). "Google's Response to Facebook: "Maka-Maka"". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ "maka.maka". Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Andreessen, Marc (2007-10-31). "Open Social: a new universe of social applications all over the web". blog.pmarca.com. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "OpenSocial API Documentation". Google Code. Google. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
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