Innovative Uses of RSS at Nature Tony Hammond Emerging Technologies, NPG

RSS Use Cases at Nature A - News Feeds Articles - AOP (Advanced Online Publication) Articles - TOC (Tables Of Content) Jobs News B - Feed Archives TOC C - Connotea Feeds Supported Output Format D - Podcasts Nature Disciplines Specials

A - News Feeds

Articles - AOP (Advanced Online Publication)

Articles - TOC (Tables Of Content)

Jobs

News

B - Feed Archives

TOC

C - Connotea Feeds

Supported Output Format

D - Podcasts

Nature

Disciplines

Specials

RSS Case #1 Connotea http://www.connotea.org/

Connotea : Organize, Share, Discover

Connotea : RSS Markup

RSS Case #2 Podcasts http://www.nature.com/podcast/

Podcasts: The List Nature Podcast Neuroscience Podcast Genetics Podcast Chemistry Podcast Heredity Podcast Podcast Special: Stem Cells Podcast Special: World Heart Day

Nature Podcast

Neuroscience Podcast

Genetics Podcast

Chemistry Podcast

Heredity Podcast

Podcast Special: Stem Cells

Podcast Special: World Heart Day

Podcasts: Mechanism <e…/> 1 2

Podcasts: Building Blocks Podcast Components: RSS 2.0 feed with <enclosure/> element Media file (MP3) pointed at by <enclosure/> Metadata (RSS) RSS 2.0 elements iTunes elements Metadata (MP3) ID3 (v1, v2) tags

Podcast Components:

RSS 2.0 feed with <enclosure/> element

Media file (MP3) pointed at by <enclosure/>

Metadata (RSS)

RSS 2.0 elements

iTunes elements

Metadata (MP3)

ID3 (v1, v2) tags

Podcasts: RSS Markup

Podcasts: Production Audio outsourced Dr Chris Smith, The Naked Scientists , has been contracted to produce the MP3’s Two resolutions produced: Hi-Res version (broadcast quality) Lo-Res version (bandwidth friendly) Podcast produced in-house RSS feed Metadata added

Audio outsourced

Dr Chris Smith, The Naked Scientists , has been contracted to produce the MP3’s

Two resolutions produced:

Hi-Res version (broadcast quality)

Lo-Res version (bandwidth friendly)

Podcast produced in-house

RSS feed

Metadata added

Podcasts: ID3 Editor

Podcasts: Tools - Perl Script

Podcasts: iTunes

Podcasts: Transcripts

Podcasts: Usage Averages over last 6 months: 250,000 podcast ‘page views’ per wek (# of times podcast was polled) 35,000 MP3 downloads per week (either direct from HTML page or via podcast)

Averages over last 6 months:

250,000 podcast ‘page views’ per wek (# of times podcast was polled)

35,000 MP3 downloads per week (either direct from HTML page or via podcast)

Podcasts: Current Plans Current Plans: New Podcasts More Titles More Disciplines More Specials Chapters Descriptive Metadata (e.g. DC, PRISM)

Current Plans:

New Podcasts

More Titles

More Disciplines

More Specials

Chapters

Descriptive Metadata (e.g. DC, PRISM)