Rss Godort2008

RSS for Documents Librarians American Library Association GODORT Docs 2.0 Preconference Jim Jacobs jajacobs @ ucsd. edu June 27, 2008

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Putting the pieces together

Some basics

The technology of RSS

Getting Things Done

Reading RSS feeds

Finding RSS feeds

Creating RSS feeds

Re-using RSS

RSS is simple

So simple, even a computer can do it

RSS is used by machines, not humans

So that humans can be more efficient

RSS, XML, machine-to-machine communication is Web 2.0, Web 3.0, the future…

<1> The Basics </1>

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Blogs ≠ RSS

RSS ≠ Blogs

RSS = XML

<2> The Technology of RSS </2>

HTML / XML < > stuff </>

HTML / XML The Sun Also Rises

HTML / XML The Sun Also Rises

HTML / XML The Sun Also Rises < title >The Sun Also Rises</ title >

HTML < a href="hemingway" >Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961< /a > The sun also rises, by Ernest Hemingway New York : Scribner, [c1954]

XML is structured < bib_record > < author > < name > < last >Hemingway</ last > < first >Ernest</ first > </ name > < birth >1899</ birth > < death >1961</ death > < url type=href >hemingway.html< /url > </ author > < title >The sun also rises</ title > < publisher > < place >New York</ place > < name >Scribner</ name > < copyright >1954</ copyright > </ publisher > </ bib_record >

XML is structured < bib_record > < author > < name > < last >Hemingway</ last > < first >Ernest</ first > </ name > < birth >1899</ birth > < death >1961</ death > < url type=href >hemingway.html< /url > </ author > < title >The sun also rises</ title > < publisher > < place >New York</ place > < name >Scribner</ name > < copyright >1954</ copyright > </ publisher > </ bib_record > Publisher name Author name

XML is the markup language

RSS

RDF

RDF / Dublin Core

EAD

MARC

MODS

ONIX

PRISM

DocBook

PhilML

There are many vocabularies and syntaxes (or specifications ) for different purposes

Specifications < title >The Sun Also Rises</ title > < ti >The Sun Also Rises</ ti > < t >The Sun Also Rises</ t > < uniform_title >The Sun Also Rises</ uniform_title > < 245_14 >The Sun Also Rises</ 245_14 >

Specifications <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>CBO's Latest 10 Documents</title> <link>http://www.cbo.gov/</link> <description>The latest 10 items published by the Congressional Budget Office.</description> <item> <title>S. 2513, Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act</title> <link>http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=9304&type=1</link> <description>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 7, 2008</description> <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 17:30:15 EST</pubDate> </item> </channel> </rss>

Specifications <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>CBO's Latest 10 Documents</title> <link>http://www.cbo.gov/</link> <description>The latest 10 items published by the Congressional Budget Office.</description> <item> < title >S. 2513, Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act</ title > < link >http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=9304&type=1</ link > < description >Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 7, 2008</ description > < pubDate >Wed, 21 May 2008 17:30:15 EST</ pubDate > </item> </channel> </rss>

Specifications

<3> GTD </3> (Getting Things Done)

<4> Reading RSS Feeds </4>

Stand alone reader on your own laptop or desktop machine.

Web-based service

E-mail

Use your browser

Web sites that Aggregate for you

<5> Finding RSS feeds </5>

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http://www.eere.energy.gov/states/news_via_rss.cfm U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Energy News in Your State

<6> Creating RSS </6>

XML is structured < bib_record > < author > < name > < last >Hemingway</ last > < first >Ernest</ first > </ name > < birth >1899</ birth > < death >1961</ death > < url type=href >hemingway.html< /url > </ author > < title >The sun also rises</ title > < publisher > < place >New York</ place > < name >Scribner</ name > < copyright >1954</ copyright > </ publisher > </ bib_record >

<rss version="2.0"> < title >The sun also rises</ title > </rss>

It is easy to create RSS from structured information

Forms

Blog

Database

OPAC

MARC records

OAI (Open Archives Initiative) files

XML files

Queries that returned structured results (e.g., Z39.50)

RSS

http://www.eere.energy.gov/states/news_via_rss.cfm U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Energy News in Your State

http://del.icio.us/tag/govdocs2

<7> Re-using RSS </7>

Fill out a form. The form generates JavaScript. Copy the JavaScript and paste It into an HTML document.

When a user loads the HTML document into their browser, the JavaScript pulls the RSS feed, converts it to HTML, and displays it “live” on the web page.