Patent ID: 8326796

Claim:
A method comprising: generating, by a data processing system, a search command that targets a data source with an indication of the data source and one or more search parameters responsive to receiving the indication of the data source and the one or more search parameters, wherein said generating the search command comprises building the search command with the one or more search parameters in accordance with a particular database technology that corresponds to the data source; executing, by the data processing system, the search command; supplying, by the data processing system, for approval a search result from executing the search command, responsive, by the data processing system, to receiving approval of the search result, generating a data feed definition with the search command, wherein the data feed definition produces a data feed; associating, by the data processing system, metadata with the data feed definition; and publishing, by the data processing system, a reference to the data feed and the metadata in a catalog of data feeds available for mashup generation.