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Dynamic Content

Dynamic Content. tickers, headlines & external news links. “Subscribing [to] news articles has been a very popular way of getting news. For many users, it is both time and cost efficient to subscribe [to] news and read materials via hyperlinks on [web] pages.” -Wang, Yu, Li and Li.

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Dynamic Content

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  1. Dynamic Content tickers, headlines & external news links

  2. “Subscribing [to] news articles has been a very popular way of getting news. For many users, it is both time and cost efficient to subscribe [to] news and read materials via hyperlinks on [web] pages.” -Wang, Yu, Li and Li

  3. “According to the BBC, one blog is created every second these days, reaching more than 14.2 million blogs.” -Jun and Ahamad

  4. Big questions for Information Architects • How to provide news content tailored to the user’s personal needs and interests • How to present that content

  5. What one “recent” study shows Users want more information about their news stories Background information What others think Related news Users want multimedia content built into the user interface design

  6. What does “dynamic” mean? • Web pages that provide an interactive experience • Responds to different contexts or conditions set by the user

  7. How are dynamic web pages created? • Client-side scripting • JavaScript • Action Script • Server-side scripting • PHP • Perl • ASP

  8. That said… back to news feeds News feeds generally rely on XML XML is eXtensible Mark up Language. It’s different from HTML in that it’s self-describing. That is, HTML tells the browser how the page should look. XML gives the page meaning. Feeds are XML code that allow a web site (or browser) to talk to an aggregator or feed reader

  9. News Feeds RSS: Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, or RDF Site Summary Atom: an XML-based Web content and metadata syndication format

  10. RSS: Really Simple Syndication RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a "feed," "web feed," or "channel," contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. --Wikipedia.org

  11. Atom • The name Atom applies to a pair of related standards. The Atom Syndication Format is an XML language used for web feeds, while the Atom Publishing Protocol (referred to as 'AtomPub' for short) is a simple HTTP-based protocol for creating and updating Web resources. --Wikipedia.org

  12. RSS vs. Atom RSS Version 2.0 Harvard Frozen Future work encouraged Basis for Atom Atom Version 1.0 AtomPub Working Group IETF Structured for further modification Sometimes no aggregator is required

  13. What the code looks like <xml version="1.0"><rdf:RDFxmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/"> <channel><title>Title of the Web site </title><link>URL of the homepage for the RSS feed</link><description>Short description of the Web site </description> </channel> <item><title>Enter your title for the specific story or article here</title><link>Enter the URL for the specific page of the story or article here </link><description>Enter a short description of your story or article here </description> </item> </rdf:RDF>

  14. Before aggregation

  15. Ways to aggregate feeds • Stand-alone • Feedreader • Web-based*** • Google Reader • Bloglines • Browser-based • Firefox • Email Client-based • Thunderbird (Mozilla)

  16. Stand-alone: Feedreader3

  17. Web-based: Google reader

  18. Integrating multimedia content

  19. Integrating multimedia content

  20. Customization

  21. Share items

  22. Web-based: Bloglines

  23. Browser-based feed:Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks >File >New Live Bookmark

  24. Email client-based feed

  25. Tickers

  26. What’s the significance? • Reduces information overload by filtering content • RSS Feeds provide access to the deep web • Search engines only touch 6% of the Internet • Allows for personalized design • XML behind RSS = “an emergent semantic standard” • Access to blogs that search engines can’t reach

  27. Feeds put to good use Ten RSS Hacks http://www.micropersuasion.com/2005/10/ten_rss_hacks.html Tracking RSS Beyond Headlines http://www.basement.org/archives/2006/01/taking_rss_beyond_headlines_pa.html

  28. Downloads and add ons RSS Ticker :: Firefox Add Ons https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2325 Sage :: Firefox Add Ons https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/77 BBC News Ticker http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/3223354.stm CNN Desktop news http://edition.cnn.com/services/desktopnews/

  29. References i312 Information in Cyberspace cyberspace.ischool.utexas.edu “nReader: Reading News Quickly, Deeply and Vividly” by Wang, Yu, Li, and Li “FeedEx: Collaborative Exchange of News Feeds” by Jun and Ahamed

  30. Any questions?

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