Webtop

Unlike competing mashup tools, MashableLogic provides a full-

featured webtop for hosting mashups.  Although the mashups built

with MashableLogic can also be placed onto external web pages, the

webtop provides advanced features for helping to get the most

benefits from developed mashups.

Personalized Mashup Dashboard

MashableLogic’s webtop can be thought of as a dashboard,

displaying relevant information in a personalized manner.  Mashups

can be arranged onto multiple tabbed pages with personalized

colors, fonts, and other options.  Pages of arranged widgets can be

saved into the webtop catalog for later retrieval or for sharing with others.

Mashups can trigger red, yellow, or green alerts in the webtop.  When triggered, a visual alert indicator appears on the

widget window in the webtop.  If the widget window is on another tab, the tab blinks to draw attention to the alert

condition.  Clicking on the alert indicator displays detailed information about what condition triggered the alert.

Drag-Drop Data Rendering

MashableLogic features drag-drop data rendering in the webtop with what are called Data Sources and Output

Interfaces.

Data Sources and Output Interfaces work together.  Data sources can be dragged and dropped onto compatible output

interfaces for rendering the data.  Depending on the capabilities of the output interface widget, more than one data

source may be capable of being rendered.  For example, a map widget can plot multiple sets of marker data, or a line

graph can plot multiple data series using different line colors.

Together, Data Sources and Output Interfaces provide a flexible mechanism for viewing data in different ways to glean

information.

Web Clippings

Sometimes, just being able to view small portions of different web pages together on a single page will be a sufficient

mashup solution.  The webtop features a web clipping widget that does just that, allowing rectangular screen areas of

web pages to be turned into a widget.  It’s as easy as dragging a rectangle around the web page area to be clipped.

Bookmarks Widget

A bookmarks widget is provided to supplement the webtop catalog by providing one-click access to frequently-

accessed content.  Any widget or saved page of widgets can be accessed from the bookmarks widget, as well as

external web pages.

Role-Based Access Control

A flexible role-based access control (RBAC) system allows users to be assigned to one or more roles with associated

permissions.

Single Sign-On

The system supports Single Sign-On (SSO) using the Central Authentication Service (CAS).  CAS provides many

connectors capable of integrating with commonly available authentication services and protocols like Active Directory,

LDAP, and others.  CAS also supports the development of custom connectors, if needed.