OpenSocial is a set of common APIs for building social applications developed by Google along with MySpace and a number of other social networks. The OpenSocial API specification can be implemented by any social network including but not limited to Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING. OpenSocial platform implementation turns it into a social platform and then allowing third party applications to run on it.

A common API means that once an application has been built for one platform, it can easily be ported to another with minor modifications thus reducing the production aswell as maintenance cost. Moreover robust applications can be built for OpenSocial containers like MySpace, Hi5, LinkedIn, Orkut etc. which can complete reside on the container itself and developer need not worry about disk space and bandwidth. Offcourse the application can also be hosted on private server.

OpenSocial includes four APIs for social software applications to access data and core functions on participating social networks.Each API addresses a different aspect:

1) Social Mashup : A social mashup is a lightweight OpenSocial application which runs inside of a social network. Because such applications do not rely on a server, A social mashup is typically created using HTML, JavaScript, CSS, OpenSocial Templates, and/or Flash.

2) Social Application : A social application runs inside of a social network but relies on an external server for processing and rendering data.Social applications can be created using a variety of technologies, including HTML, JavaScript, CSS, OpenSocial Templates, Flash, PHP, Python, Java, Perl, .NET, or Ruby.

3) Social Website / Social Mobile Application : Social websites and social mobile applications run outside of social networks but consume social data through REST or RPC APIs.This design pattern grants the most flexibility - almost all languages and platforms can take advantage of this data.

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