Pachube is a cloud based aggregation system- an Application Programming Interface (API).

Pachube is a website nased on the API. It enables human interaction
- search and find data feeds
- create and manage feeds
- uses Apps for visualisations.
Amost ANYTHING can be done via the API

Pachube's key characteristics are...... OPEN API
ability to handle huge volume of data
Searchable
Shareable
Privacy controls
range of data forms
loads of connectable devices
user community

The API

Crucial- without it there would be no data

Re presentational state transfer (REST)

Data formats
and
Meta Data

Security
and
Privacy

History

Triggers- make something happen