YQL and the future of web mashups

• Cool new way to use Yahoo! information beside the good old API is going to be YQL.
• 101 for YQL - The YQL platform provides a single endpoint service that enables developers to query, filter and combine data across Yahoo! and beyond. YQL exposes a SQL-like SELECT syntax that that is both familiar to developers and expressive enough for getting the right data.
• Here are few operators you might want to use:
A.SELECT for fetching, combining, filtering and projecting data.
  B. DESC for describing what the input fields are for a table and its output data structure.
  C. SHOW for getting a list of the tables/data sources supported by the language/platform.
• In the near future we are going to see some interesting stuff base on this new easy way to harvest data and use it in your web app.
• Another cool loud option will be to use this new API: http://developer.yahoo.com/music

Have fun coding.