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Innovative Uses ofRSS

at NatureTony Hammond

Emerging Technologies, NPG

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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

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RSS Case #1Connotea

http://www.connotea.org/

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Connotea: Organize, Share, Discover

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Connotea: RSS Markup

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RSS Case #2Podcasts

http://www.nature.com/podcast/

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Podcasts: The List

Nature Podcast

Neuroscience Podcast

Genetics Podcast

Chemistry Podcast

Heredity Podcast

Podcast Special: Stem Cells

Podcast Special: World Heart Day

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Podcasts: Mechanism

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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

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Podcasts: RSS Markup

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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

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Podcasts: ID3 Editor

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Podcasts: Tools - Perl Script

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Podcasts: iTunes

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Podcasts: Transcripts

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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)

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Podcasts: Current Plans

Current Plans:

New Podcasts More Titles More Disciplines More Specials

Chapters Descriptive Metadata (e.g. DC, PRISM)