ASTRA Badge Kit
The Badge Kit is an an XML-based framework for rapid development of small interactive Flash applications. You can learn how to use the Badge Kit very quickly, and most of the usage scenarios require no knowledge of Flash.
Badge Kit Data Services
The Badge Kit allows you to get data from a variety of sources. Included in the default installation are services for Flickr and Yahoo Search, to name a few. To use them, it's a painless process of simply adding a few parameters and calling the service.
How to Use Them
To learn how to use services in your badge, it's useful to take a look at some of the examples that come with the Badge Kit. Take a look at the following:For more detail, take a look at how the Flickr badge was created.