Resources for the Calais Mashup Contest @ Mashup Camp

Welcome!

Thank you for your interest in the Calais Mashup Contest @ Mashup Camp, November 17-19, 2008. We are offering a 4TB Drobo as top prize for Calais mashups in three categories:

1. Best Calais Mashup addressing the delivery and/or display of news
2. Best Calais Mashup addressing the needs of business users
3. Most Creative Calais Mashup overall (in any category serving any user)

How to Get Started

1. Read the rules for the Calais Mashup camp on the Mashup Camp wiki. Note that you must be registered and present for the Mashup Camp event to participate.
2. Take advantage of the information in the online Open Calais documentation, leverage our easy-to-use tools, and collaborate with other developers in our Forums.
3. See Krista Thomas at the Calais table at Mashup Camp to sign the Calais Mashup Contest release form [Krista (dot) Thomas (at) ThomsonReuters (dot) com].
4. To help you compete, we have flown in two of our expert internal Calais team members and assembled a variety of resources, which you will find below.
5. We have several recipes including sample code to jump start your efforts. A simple document processor, a Calais results processor and an example of creating a local RDF store. We also have a straightforward example of calling Calais from HTML right here. 

You can get started early by registering as a Calais user and getting your own API Key. You can use the resources below provided you sign the Calais Mashup Contest release form when you get to Mashup Camp.

Contest Resources

1. Calais team members Meir Sela and Yoav Karpeles will be present throughout Mashup Camp and available to help you as needed. Contact them at the Calais table or via email at [Meir (dot) Sela (at) ThomsonReuters (dot) com] and [Yoav (dot) Karpeles (at) ThomsonReuters (dot) com].
2. We have set aside a special Calais API key for your use in this contest: xxx (With the contest over - please register for an individual key on this site). It has an increased limit for content transactions per day, which can be increased as needed.
3. We have secured access to additional APIs and RSS feeds, which may be helpful to you in creating your mashup. They are listed as attachments at the bottom of this page.
4. To access Reuters News’ ‘Spotlight’ content API, click and register here.
5. To access StrikeIron’s free “StrikeIron lite” APIs, click and register here.
6. If you're working with news - we've attached a couple of big news archives at the bottom so you don't have to go hunting for content.

Thanks again for entering the contest. We are excited to work with you, and we're looking forward to meeting you in Mountain View!

- The Calais Team