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Using Really Simple Syndication (RSS) to Publish Content
Andrea Mostyn, University Communications, Assistant DirectorMoby Thomas, University Communications GAJohn McMellen, KSMU, Senior Broadcast EngineerDavid Porter, KSMU GA
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Most common applications of RSS in academic settings Media relations/press releases Events/calendars Employment vacancies Libraries/recently catalogued materials Prospective student blogs College/department updates To see examples, google “rss” and
“university”
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Campus applications of RSS
Broadcast Services – KSMU University Communication
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Introduction to RSS
What is RSS and where did it come from? What type of information benefits from the
“pull” method of RSS? How is it used?
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Technical details of typical implementations
3 different ways to get there Free, but manual and labor intensive
(i.e. Notepad and some web server space) Medium cost, easier
(i.e. Dreamweaver and some web server space) Expensive, very simple and automated
(i.e. sophisticated Content Management System) Server requirements Client requirements and setup
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Broadcast Services - KSMU
Expensive method – Content Management System handles input and dynamically generates Web and RSS output
RSS also used to generate “podcasts” Requires setup, training, and maintenance
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Broadcast Services - KSMU
Links from the home page to the generated feed
Using XSL stylesheets, browsers can convert the RSS to formatted HTML
<LINK> tag in home page header makes auto discovery of feeds possible
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With XSL stylesheets, go from this…
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…To this
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<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title=“…" href=“…"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title=“…" href=“…">
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University CommunicationsRSS version 2.0<?xml version="1.0" ?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Missouri State University News</title> <description>The office of university communications at Missouri State University is
your connection to the university community. </description> <link>http://www.news.missouristate.edu</link> <item>
<title>Feb 24, 2006 - University debate team receives first ever first-round id</title> <description>The Missouri State University debate team will compete at the National
Debate Tournament, and this time the team was invited with a first-round at-large bid Michael Mapes and Matthias Bostick are guaranteed the chance to debate at nationals.</description>
<link>http://www.news.missouristate.edu/news/releases/feb06/debateteam.htm</link> </item> <item> <title>Feb 24, 2006 - Festival brings movie industry experts to Springfield</title> <description>Missouri State University, in association with the Moxie Theatre, the Creamery Arts Center and Drury University, will host the inaugural
Show-Me Missouri International Film Festival March 2-5. </description><link>http://www.news.missouristate.edu/news/releases/feb06/festival.htm</link>
</item> </channel></rss>
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University Communications Editor: Macromedia Dreamweaver
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University CommunicationsValidate the Code
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University CommunicationsHome Page
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University CommunicationsWhat is RSS?
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University CommunicationsBrowser View of XML file
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University CommunicationsReader View of XML file
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How will people view my RSS content?
Many use an RSS reader or “aggregator”
This is a special kind of software for viewing news feeds provided by websites.
You can download for free or use a pay version
It is a simple program that lets you pick up news websites all over the Internet. Any news site that displays the or can be quickly loaded into your personal reader.
It will bring all the news you want without any of the problems associated with email and is usually spam-free.
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RSS Reader
The reader continuously updates news from all of the selected sources you've chosen.
You can keep some news sources right on the front page, order them any way you wish and keep others in a library in the background.
The reader can be customized to display headlines; headlines and story leads; or headlines, story leads and graphics.
When you visit any website that displays or to pick up the news stream, merely click on the link, copy it to your reader and the news from that source immediately begins streaming through your reader. That news then updates whenever you refresh the page.
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Types of Readers
Portals E.g., My Yahoo ,My MSN, My AOL ,Personalized Google Homepage
Web-based E.g., Bloglines, Google Reader
Desktop based E.g., Feed Demon, NetNewsWire, Straw
Outlook based E.g., NewsGator, IntraVnews
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How other institutions use RSS
Gustavus University http://www.gustavus.edu/xml/index.cfm Alumni, athletics, employment, news, parents Includes user-friendly introduction to RSS Allows users to subscribe to all feeds or to any of
30+ individual feeds
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How other institutions use RSS
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How other institutions use RSS
University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School
http://adcomblog.wharton.upenn.edu/ Admissions blog Helps prospective students prepare to apply to
business school Alerts blog users to new content Users may subscribe to specific categories
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How other institutions use RSS
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What are some other uses of RSS?
Multimedia delivery Works In Progress
Microsoft SSE – “Really Simple Sharing”Google Base – Online database of lists of
items Messaging and application synchronizationGoogle Calendar – Event exchange
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Questions?