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Title: Innovative Uses of RSS at Nature


1
Innovative Uses ofRSSat Nature
  • Tony HammondEmerging Technologies, NPG

2
RSS Use Cases at Nature
  • 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

3
RSS Case 1Connoteahttp//www.connotea.org/
4
Connotea Organize, Share, Discover
5
Connotea RSS Markup
6
RSS Case 2Podcastshttp//www.nature.com/podcas
t/
7
Podcasts The List
  • Nature Podcast
  • Neuroscience Podcast
  • Genetics Podcast
  • Chemistry Podcast
  • Heredity Podcast
  • Podcast Special Stem Cells
  • Podcast Special World Heart Day

8
Podcasts Mechanism
lte/gt
1
2
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Podcasts Building Blocks
  • Podcast Components
  • RSS 2.0 feed with ltenclosure/gt element
  • Media file (MP3) pointed at by ltenclosure/gt
  • Metadata (RSS)
  • RSS 2.0 elements
  • iTunes elements
  • Metadata (MP3)
  • ID3 (v1, v2) tags

10
Podcasts RSS Markup
11
Podcasts Production
  • Audio outsourced
  • Dr Chris Smith, The Naked Scientists, has been
    contracted to produce the MP3s
  • Two resolutions produced
  • Hi-Res version (broadcast quality)
  • Lo-Res version (bandwidth friendly)
  • Podcast produced in-house
  • RSS feed
  • Metadata added

12
Podcasts ID3 Editor
13
Podcasts Tools - Perl Script
14
Podcasts iTunes
15
Podcasts Transcripts
16
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)

17
Podcasts Current Plans
  • Current Plans
  • New Podcasts
  • More Titles
  • More Disciplines
  • More Specials
  • Chapters
  • Descriptive Metadata (e.g. DC, PRISM)
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