December 17, 2009 CCWG RSS Feeds on ERCOT.com Amy Apodaca Web Content Coordinator

2 Progress of Developing RSS Feeds Deployment date no later than January 11 Demo feeds from California ISO and Five initial feeds: –Press Release –Training –Protocol Library –PRR –Daily Grid Ops Report Other suggestions? Meeting Title (optional)Date

3 Meeting Title (optional)Date RSS Feed Definition What is a RSS Feed? –RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication –RSS is a subscription service that notifies subscribers when new content has been published to a web page. What are the advantages of RSS Feeds –A user is notified immediately of published updates to a website –A user can collect content from multiple websites and stay updated without visiting each site often. –Feeds can contain a simple link to the source or the complete content including attachments –Reduces messages in mailbox (doesn’t use address) – (as well as other private info) cannot be sent to third parties; user’s name are not requested

4 Meeting Title (optional)Date Software to run RSS Feeds Is special software needed to operate RSS Feeds –RSS requires a “feed reader” or aggregator to display feeds –Most readers are available as freeware Google Reader Microsoft Outlook ‘07 Newsgator FeedDemon Awasu Bloglines Yahoo MSN

5 ERCOT’s RSS Feeds ERCOT will offer the following RSS Feeds and add more as suggested by CCWG: –Press Release –Training –Protocol Library –PRR –Daily Grid Ops Report Meeting Title (optional)Date

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