RSS

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RSS
Alerts

Ben Conklin, Wendt Library Eric Larson, Wendt
Library
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Sounds complex, but its
Really Simple Syndication
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Sounds complex, but its
Really Simple Syndication
Syndication Any group, as of criminals,
organized for some undertaking.
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Why would I want to set up an RSS feed or Alert
service?

• Save time in keeping up with the literature!
• Don't have to remember to go and search the
  literature!
• Be notified of new research on a topic or by an
  author
• Be notified anytime a favorite paper is cited
• Sends you table of contents of your favorite
  journals

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• Alert Service an alert sent to you via email.
  This could be a monthly or a weekly update on
  your topic.

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• Alert Service an alert sent to you via email.
  This could be a monthly or a weekly update on
  your topic.
• RSS Feed Really Simple Syndication RSS is a
  family of XML file formats for web syndication
  used by news websites, weblogs and databases.
  This could be an up to the minute update on your
  topic.

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• Alert Service an alert sent to you via email.
  This could be a monthly or a weekly update on
  your topic.
• RSS Feed Really Simple Syndication RSS is a
  family of XML file formats for web syndication
  used by news websites, weblogs and databases.
  This could be an up to the minute update on your
  topic.
• Feed reader or aggregator A software
  application or remotely hosted service that
  collects syndicated content from disparate
  sources and provides a single consolidated view.

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The RSS Feed is like the TV channel youre
watching
and the Feed Reader is like the television.
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RSS--What is it?

• Real Simple Syndication
• Rich Site Summary
• RDF Site Summary
• Importance Web syndication format

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RSS--What is it?
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Blogospherehttp//www.blogpulse.com/papers/2005/A
damicGlanceBlogWWW.pdf
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Blog Types most popular today

• Blog--simple online journal
• http//boingboing.net/
• Moblog--mobile camera phone blog
• http//textamerica.com/
• Podcast--blog with downloadable MP3s
• http//www.theonion.com/content/radionews
• Vlog--video blog
• http//www.nacholibre.com/

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Bloghttp//waalconf2006.blogspot.com/
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Mobloghttp//www.jamieoliver.com/moblog/
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Podcasthttp//librivox.org/
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MP3 blog musicblog audiobloghttp//music.for-
robots.com/
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Vloghttp//www.rocketboom.com/vlog/
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Splog (Spam blog)http//www.splogspot.com/
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RSS--What is it?
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RSS has many flavors

• 0.9 (Netscape)
• 0.91
• 0.92
• 1.0-RDF (Nature)
• 2.0 (PubMed)
• Atom 1.0 (OREILLY)
• 3.0 (in development)

• ?

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Why care
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Metadata, of course!
Dublin Core!
PRISM!?
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How do I find RSS feeds?

• RSS feeds are linked to image icons
• XML or RSS
• 2. RSS can be discovered by your browser
  (Firefox show below)

XML
RSS
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How do I subscribe to a feed?

• You need a feed reader
• We suggest Bloglines

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Bloglines demohttp//www.bloglines.com/
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Technoratihttp//www.technorati.com/
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PubMed RSShttp//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer
y.fcgi?DBpubmed
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What about info overload?

• Email
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Radio
• Television
• RSS

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Why care
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Students, of course!
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Refworkshttp//digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/
refworks
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Want a feed for your library?
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Bloggerhttp//www.blogger.com/startExample
http//steenbocklibrary.blogspot.com/
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Feed2JSSite http//jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/f
eed/Example http//www.hsl.wisc.edu/bjd/journals
/rss/index.cfm
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WordPresshttp//wordpress.org/Example
http//oscp.library.wisc.edu/
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Structured Blogginghttp//structuredblogging.org/
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OAI2RSSSite http//development.wendt.wisc.edu/ap
ps/harvester/index.phpPresentation
https//mywebspace.wisc.edu/ewlarson/web/OAI2RSS/
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• Presentation is online at
• https//mywebspace.wisc.edu/ewlarson/web/lili/RSS/
  RSS_alerts.ppt
• Contact Us
• Ben Conklin bconklin_at_library.wisc.edu
• Eric Larson elarson_at_library.wisc.edu