In very basic terms you can pretty much substitute the word "join" or "combine" for mash-up. Thus, in this case we're combining RSS feeds from multiple sources into a single presentation.
~ ~ Dave On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:25:54 -0500, Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So by "mashing" you mean supplying multiple feeds from different domains? > Maybe > I should just google "mashing feeds" or "feed mashing defined" or > something. > > Chris > > Mike Alsup wrote: >> >> Hi Chris, >> >> Typically you need a server-side component to pull off a mashup >> because you're combining content from multiple sources. JavaScript >> employs a same origin policy to prevent XHR requests to foreign >> domains so you need to do your mashing on the server. But with this >> new Google API you can mash feed urls on the client because they're >> providing the server-side logic for you. Thanks, Google! >> >> Mike >> >>> Can you explain what you mean by "mashing feeds on the client"? I'm >>> not really >>> well versed in RSS feeds (which is what I'm assuming you mean by >>> "feeds") so I'm >>> interested in what this means. >> > >
