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'''OpenSocial''' is a set of common [[application programming interface]]s (APIs) for [[World Wide Web|web]]-based [[social network]] applications, developed by [[Google]], and released [[November 1]], [[2007]].<ref name="press release">{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/opensocial.html |title=Google Launches OpenSocial to Spread Social Applications Across the Web |accessdate=2007-10-31 |date=[[2007-11-01]] |publisher=[[Google]] |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> Applications implementing the OpenSocial APIs will be [[interoperability|interoperable]] with any social network system that supports them, including features on sites such as [[MySpace]]<ref name="MySpace">{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/myspace_opensocial.html |title=MySpace and Google Join Forces to Launch Open Platform for Social Application Development |accessdate=2007-11-02 |date=[[2007-11-01]] |publisher=[[Google]] |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> and [[Friendster]].<ref name="Bebo">{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/technology/02google.html |title=MySpace Joins Google Alliance to Counter Facebook |accessdate=2007-11-02 |last=Helft |first=Miguel |coauthors=Brad Stone |date=[[2007-11-02]] |work=[[New York Times]] |publisher=[[The New York Times Company]] |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> 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]].<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/technology/31google.html |title=Google and Friends to Gang Up on Facebook |accessdate=2007-10-31 |author= |last=Helft |first=Miguel |authorlink= |coauthors=Brad Stone |date=[[2007-10-31]] |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=[[The New York Times Company]] |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> Reportedly behind the OpenSocial project is [[Brad Fitzpatrick]],<ref name="AjaxWorld">{{cite web |url=http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/452647.htm |title=Social Network Wars: Google + Everyone Else vs Facebook |accessdate=2007-10-31 |coauthors=[http://ajax.sys-con.com/author/web2newsdesk.htm Web 2.0 News Desk] |date=[[2007-10-31]] |format= |work=AjaxWorld Magazine |publisher=SYS-CON Publications |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> 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").<ref name="social graph">{{cite web |url=http://bradfitz.com/social-graph-problem/ |title=Thoughts on the Social Graph |accessdate=2007-10-31 |last=Fitzpatrick |first=Brad |authorlink=Brad Fitzpatrick |coauthors=David Recordon |date=[[2007-08-17]] |publisher=Brad Fitzpatrick |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> OpenSocial is rumored to be part of a larger social networking initiative by Google code-named "Makamaka",<ref name="Makamaka">{{cite web |url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/googles-response-to-facebook-maka-maka/ |title=Google’s Response to Facebook: “Maka-Maka” |accessdate=2007-10-31 |last=Schonfeld |first=Erick |date=2007-10-29 |work=[[TechCrunch]] |publisher= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> which is defined as meaning "intimate friend with whom one is on terms of receiving and giving freely" in [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]].<ref name="makamaka meaning">{{cite web |url=http://www.wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?d=D12283 |title=maka.maka |accessdate=2007-11-01 |author= |coauthors= |date= |work=Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi |publisher=Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
'''OpenSocial''' is a set of common [[application programming interface]]s (APIs) for [[World Wide Web|web]]-based [[social network]] applications, developed by [[Google]], and released [[November 1]], [[2007]].<ref name="press release">{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/opensocial.html |title=Google Launches OpenSocial to Spread Social Applications Across the Web |accessdate=2007-10-31 |date=[[2007-11-01]] |publisher=[[Google]] |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> Applications implementing the OpenSocial APIs will be [[interoperability|interoperable]] with any social network system that supports them, including features on sites such as [[MySpace]]<ref name="MySpace">{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/myspace_opensocial.html |title=MySpace and Google Join Forces to Launch Open Platform for Social Application Development |accessdate=2007-11-02 |date=[[2007-11-01]] |publisher=[[Google]] |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> and [[Friendster]].<ref name="Bebo">{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/technology/02google.html |title=MySpace Joins Google Alliance to Counter Facebook |accessdate=2007-11-02 |last=Helft |first=Miguel |coauthors=Brad Stone |date=[[2007-11-02]] |work=[[New York Times]] |publisher=[[The New York Times Company]] |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> 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]].<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/technology/31google.html |title=Google and Friends to Gang Up on Facebook |accessdate=2007-10-31 |author= |last=Helft |first=Miguel |authorlink= |coauthors=Brad Stone |date=[[2007-10-31]] |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=[[The New York Times Company]] |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> Reportedly behind the OpenSocial project is [[Brad Fitzpatrick]],<ref name="AjaxWorld">{{cite web |url=http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/452647.htm |title=Social Network Wars: Google + Everyone Else vs Facebook |accessdate=2007-10-31 |coauthors=[http://ajax.sys-con.com/author/web2newsdesk.htm Web 2.0 News Desk] |date=[[2007-10-31]] |format= |work=AjaxWorld Magazine |publisher=SYS-CON Publications |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> 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").<ref name="social graph">{{cite web |url=http://bradfitz.com/social-graph-problem/ |title=Thoughts on the Social Graph |accessdate=2007-10-31 |last=Fitzpatrick |first=Brad |authorlink=Brad Fitzpatrick |coauthors=David Recordon |date=[[2007-08-17]] |publisher=Brad Fitzpatrick |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> OpenSocial is rumored to be part of a larger social networking initiative by Google code-named "Makamaka",<ref name="Makamaka">{{cite web |url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/googles-response-to-facebook-maka-maka/ |title=Google’s Response to Facebook: “Maka-Maka” |accessdate=2007-10-31 |last=Schonfeld |first=Erick |date=2007-10-29 |work=[[TechCrunch]] |publisher= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> which is defined as meaning "intimate friend with whom one is on terms of receiving and giving freely" in [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]].<ref name="makamaka meaning">{{cite web |url=http://www.wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?d=D12283 |title=maka.maka |accessdate=2007-11-01 |author= |coauthors= |date= |work=Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi |publisher=Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> OpenSocial was first accurately described in detail on TechCrunch <ref name="makamaka meaning">{{cite web |url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/details-revealed-google-opensocial-to-be-common-apis-for-building-social-apps/ |title=Details Revealed: Google OpenSocial To Launch Thursday |accessdate=2007-11-01 |author= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>


==Structure==
==Structure==

Revision as of 23:02, 4 November 2007

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] OpenSocial was first accurately described in detail on TechCrunch [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, partners committed to supporting the OpenSocial APIs include the social network companies 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 networks that have implemented hosting of OpenSocial gadgets are Plaxo and Ning. Plaxo has already added support for OpenSocial to its Pulse feature.[11]. Ning already supports OpenSocial on all of its networks [12]. Developers who have already built applications implementing the APIs include Flixster, FotoFlexer, iLike, RockYou, Slide, Theikos, and VirtualTourist. A sandbox for developers to test applications is available at http://sandbox.orkut.com.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ "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)
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ "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= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Fitzpatrick, Brad (2007-08-17). "Thoughts on the Social Graph". Brad Fitzpatrick. Retrieved 2007-10-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Schonfeld, Erick (2007-10-29). "Google's Response to Facebook: "Maka-Maka"". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  8. ^ a b "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) Cite error: The named reference "makamaka meaning" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ "OpenSocial API Documentation". Google Code. Google. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
  11. ^ Smarr, Joseph (2007-11-01). "OpenSocial is now live on Plaxo Pulse". Plaxo's Personal Card. Plaxo. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
  12. ^ Bianchini, Gina (2007-11-02). "And ... We're Live with OpenSocial!". Ning. Retrieved 2007-11-04.

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