Generating RSS Feed for New Additions from Unicorn Qin Zhu HP Labs Research Library February 21, 2007

Outline RSS overview New records in Unicorn How to get new records in Unicorn Generate RSS feed from Unicorn Things to consider when generating RSS feed Put RSS feeds to website Integrate RSS feeds to website Content syndication and integration

What is RSS? RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication," “Rich Site Summary,” “RDF Site Summary,” depending on the RSS specifications referred to. RSS is an XML format for syndicating sites with frequently updated content.

RSS Specifications RSS v. 0.9 and v “RDF Site Summary” RSS v “Rich Site Summary” RSS v "Really Simple Syndication” Also There is ATOM. RSS 2.0 and ATOM are the most common.

RSS Syntax – RSS 1.0

RSS Syntax – RSS 2.0

ATOM Syntax

How does RSS work? Web Page 1 RSS Feed 1 RSS Aggregators News Item 1 Web Page 2 RSS Feed 1 Web Page 3 RSS Feed 1 RSS Feed 2 News Item 2 News Item 3 News Item 4 News Item 5

Why to use RSS? No need to manage subscriber’s address Able to reach out more users Simple to cancel subscriptions Good for current awareness Browser autodiscovery Flexible delivery method Can be used to deliver library subscription content

Bibliographic Information Record Structure in Unicorn Bib Record Callnum Record 1Callnum Record 2 Item Record 1 Item Record 2 Item Record 3 Item Record 1 Item Record 2

How to get newly created records in Unicorn Bib Record Callnum Record Item Record

Our Approach in a Nutshell Unicorn Bib info database List of Bibliography RSS Engine A set of XML docs Web site 1 Web site 2

More on details List of Bibliography RSS 2.0

Ebook RSS Feeds Channel info with library and RSS feed name, library logo, and library website URL Title field Book cover from Amazon Web services Book info from 245, 260 field URL1: from 856 field URL2: link to the record in iLink

RSS feed – Demo From RSS reader

RSS feed – Demo From FireFox 2.0

RSS feed – Demo From FireFox 2.0 add-on

Things to consider when generating RSS feed What data to put in the title field What data to put in the description field Put your library name along with the name of the RSS feed, and library website URL in the channel info area Put your library logo, your library service logo to the channel area

Things to consider when generating RSS feed Special character handling –Incorporating CDATA tag to escape parser Follow your organization guidelines for RSS feed Keep the location of RSS feed persistent Test your RSS feed in various readers, aggregators, add-ins, and browsers Keep your RSS feed updated

Put RSS feeds to website Add feed icon to make the RSS feed stand out Add browser autodiscovery to make the feed prompt to users If there are multiple feeds, use opml file to outline feeds from your library

Integrate RSS feeds to website RSS2JavaScript Feed2JS RSS2HTML Grazr Feedostyle Convert your RSS feed directly to HTML

Integrate RSS feeds to website Example:

Integrate RSS feeds to website Example: View RSS feed

Integrate RSS feeds to website Example: <!-- Feedo Style code version: X.1. Copyright Affinica. More info available at --> //<![CDATA[ feedostyle_id = "6dd850f65c744de19dca82df82f7540d"; feedostyle_format = "vertical_marquee"; feedostyle_show_date = true; feedostyle_show_time = true; feedostyle_font_size = "medium"; feedostyle_width = "auto"; feedostyle_height = "380px"; feedostyle_entry_count = 5; feedostyle_new_window_links = true; //]]>

Integrate RSS feeds to website Example:

Content syndication and integration Content mashups –Use RSS feed and mix with content from other parties to create a new website or an application Library subject page University courseware system Knowledge management system Expert system Community system

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