In technology, a mashup enabler is a tool for transforming incompatible IT resources into a form that allows them to be easily combined, in order to create a mashup. Mashup enablers allow powerful techniques and tools (such as mashup platforms) for combining data and services to be applied to new kinds of resources. An example of a mashup enabler is a tool for creating an RSS feed (which can easily be used to create a mashup using a tool like Yahoo! Pipes) from a spreadsheet (which cannot easily be used to create a mashup).