"Building a Participation Platform:
Yahoo! Web Services Past, Present, and Future"

Jeffrey McManus - runs Yahoo developer network
Ash Patel intro
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3 parts:
    over last year
    
    looking ahead to partipation platform


They are releasing developer products at an unreasonable pace

    Network search APIs
    RSS meta index
    music engine plug ins
    simple maps
    shopping api
    ajax maps, flash maps
    travel api
    javascript developer center, JSON
    javascript UI
    PHP developer center w/serialized support
    
    
The companies that Y! acquires tend to have web services APIs
    Flickr
    Delicious
    upcoming.org
    
Who's using the dev / web services APIs?

    June 2005
        simple maps
    November 2005
        flash / ajax maps

    (why use this instead of Google maps?  .. just wondering)
    
    JS dev center
        JSON - serialized data.. much lighter weight than XML
            (see json.org)
        
    JS UI lib
        complex UI controls
        cross browser ajax lib
        drag drop / events
        http://developer.yahoo.net/yui

    Design Pattern lib
        guidance to common UI scenarios
        http://developer.yahoo.net/ypatterns

    PHP dev center
        serialized PHP, like JSON
        http://developer.yahoo.net/php 
        
    XML is still an option for Y! web services
        
Commercial Access
    Okay to build biz with Y! WS?  (answer: yes)
    can use WS free of charge
    
    if you want to charge, Y! going to make it easy for commercial exception
    example: rollyo search
    

Auth and Personal Info
    enable users to create / store / share personalized info
    
    browser based auth
        user auth w/Y!.. not a 3rd party developer
        
Announcing....
    looking forward..  next month or two
    
    Shopping
        shopping.yahoo.com .. Yahoo shopping API 2.0
            search narrowing
            variable product image sizes
            http://developer.yahoo.net/shopping

    Shpping Paid Syndication
        make money by referring traffic shopping advertising partners
        
    My Web
        Social Bookmarking (another one!?).. deli.cio.us?
    
    Calendar
        share events across users
        enables cal integration with your web site
            JSON and iCal support coming soon

    Photos   (flickr related?)
        read/write yahoo photos API
        browser based auth

    Application Gallery
        launch in a week
        consumer oriented site
        showcase apps built using Y! tech
            gallery.yahoo.com

    runningmap.com demo... (reminds me of pedometer google maps mashup)
    
    
        
contributors:
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Daniel Smith - dls@daniel.org