Innovative Uses of RSS at Nature Tony Hammond

Innovative Uses of RSS at Nature Tony Hammond Emerging Technologies, NPG Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 1

RSS Use Cases at Nature l ¡ ¡ l l A - News Feeds Articles - AOP (Advanced Online Publication) Articles - TOC (Tables Of Content) Jobs News C - Connotea Feeds ¡ Supported Output Format l D - Podcasts ¡ Nature ¡ Disciplines ¡ Specials B - Feed Archives ¡ TOC Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 2

RSS Case #1 Connotea http: //www. connotea. org/ Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 3

Connotea: Organize, Share, Discover Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 4

Connotea: RSS Markup Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 5

RSS Case #2 Podcasts http: //www. nature. com/podcast/ Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 6

Podcasts: The List Nature Podcast Neuroscience Podcast Genetics Podcast Chemistry Podcast Heredity Podcast Special: Stem Cells Podcast Special: World Heart Day Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 7

Podcasts: Mechanism 1 Dec. 7, 2006 2 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 8

Podcasts: Building Blocks Podcast Components: ¡ RSS 2. 0 feed with element ¡ Media file (MP 3) pointed at by l Metadata (RSS) ¡ RSS 2. 0 elements ¡ i. Tunes elements l Metadata (MP 3) ¡ ID 3 (v 1, v 2) tags l Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 9

Podcasts: RSS Markup Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 10

Podcasts: Production l Audio outsourced ¡ Dr Chris Smith, The Naked Scientists, has been contracted to produce the MP 3’s ¡ Two resolutions produced: l l l Hi-Res version (broadcast quality) Lo-Res version (bandwidth friendly) Podcast produced in-house ¡ RSS feed ¡ Metadata added Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 11

Podcasts: ID 3 Editor Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 12

Podcasts: Tools - Perl Script Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 13

Podcasts: i. Tunes Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 14

Podcasts: Transcripts Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 15

Podcasts: Usage Averages over last 6 months: 250, 000 podcast ‘page views’ per wek (# of times podcast was polled) l 35, 000 MP 3 downloads per week (either direct from HTML page or via podcast) l Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 16

Podcasts: Current Plans: New Podcasts ¡ More Titles ¡ More Disciplines ¡ More Specials l Chapters l Descriptive Metadata (e. g. DC, PRISM) l Dec. 7, 2006 JISC Seminar: Discovery and Access 17