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(Workshop B, 2004)

Adding EdNA Services to your website. (Workshop B, 2004). Presenter. Kerrie Smith School Education Information Officer EdNA Online ksmith@educationau.edu.au Ph: 08 8334 3213

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(Workshop B, 2004)

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  1. Adding EdNA Servicesto your website (Workshop B, 2004)

  2. Presenter • Kerrie Smith • School Education Information Officer • EdNA Online • ksmith@educationau.edu.au • Ph: 08 8334 3213 • EdNA Online is a joint initiative of the states, territories and Australian Governments through their education departments and managed by education.au limited.

  3. Workshop Objectives • Provide details aboutthe free EdNA Online Shared Information Services • Provide information about how to add Shared Information Services to your own website • Help you identify the most appropriate technology for your website • Provide hands-on experience in adding some Shared Information Services to a web page.

  4. Getting Started • During this workshop we will be using the following: • EdNA Online website http://www.edna.edu.au/ • Notepad or its equivalent

  5. Workshop Documentation • Documentation supporting this workshop and use of the Shared Information Serviceshttp://www.edna.edu.au/developers

  6. Shared Information Services • Browse Topics and Categories • EdNA Online Distributed Search • Recently Added Resources • News Headlines

  7. EdNA Online Browse Topics and Categories • The EdNA Online Browse Topics and Categories organises collections of like resources. • Using a category or topic and browsing through them is another way to find information. • EdNA Online has hundreds of categories, some are organised by sector, some by document type, and others by subject.

  8. Browse Structure (cont) • Use the topics and categories on your own website to provide your site users with quality assured information relevant to their needs and their areas of interest. • Seehttp://www.edna.edu.au/browsemap/0 • School Education Browsemap • http://www.edna.edu.au/browsemap/3830 • Higher Education Browsemap • http://www.edna.edu.au/browsemap/14899 • Vocational Education and Training Browsemap • http://www.edna.edu.au/browsemap/12650

  9. Technology Options • Different technology options are available: • HTML • Javascript • XML • RSS • Your choice will depend on the technical resourcesyou have available.

  10. HTML and Javascript • A HTML or Javascript option is a 'low technology' solution. • Suits website administrators who do not have access to software developer resources or who manage 'static' websites that cannot be programmed. • The services available as HTML or Javascript are also available in XML and RSS

  11. HTML Shared Information Services -The Generators • The Generators [http://www.edna.edu.au/generators] help you by automatically generating the HTML or Javascript for you to copy and paste into your own web pages. • All you need for this option is some basic knowledge of HTML so you know where to copy and paste the code.

  12. The Generators – HTML and Javascript • Available services: • Distributed Search • Browse Topics and categories • Recently Added Resources • News Headlines • http://www.edna.edu.au/generators

  13. Using The Generator for Search • Add an EdNA Online Search to your own website! • Add either a Standard or an Advanced Search • Use the Generator to create the HTML code to put in your own web page • Modify the resulting search strings to further customise the search results if you wish. Parameters for further customisation are available in the Shared Information Services documentation.e.g. &showdesc=false will turn descriptions off&sr=gem will give GEM results

  14. Using The Generator for Browse • Add an EdNA Online Browse topic or category to your own website! • Choose a topic from the list provided or get one from the browsemap. • Generate code • Cut and paste into your own web page. • Modify the code according to parameters available in the Shared Information Services documentation.E.g. &items=65 will change the number of items displayed from the default of 10 to 65&showdesc=false will turn descriptions off

  15. Using The Generator for Recently Added Resources • Add EdNA Online's Recently Added Resources to your web page! • Choose a topic from the list provided or get one from the browsemap. • Generate the code • Cut and paste into your own web page. • Modify the code according to parameters available in the Shared Information Services documentation.Default for the number of items shown is 10e.g. &items=30 or use other topic codes

  16. Using The Generator for News Headlines • Add EdNA Online's News Headlines to your web page! • Choose from the list provided • Generate the code • Cut and paste into your own web page. • Modify the HTML according to parameters available in the Shared Information Services documentation.Default for the number of items shown is 10e.g. &items=20 (A maximum of 20 is available)&showdesc=false removes descriptions

  17. XML Overview • XML • stands for EXtensible Markup Language, a markup language very much like HTML • An international standard mainly used in exchanging data between computers • can be used to describe any data that has a well known structure

  18. XML Types • There are 1,000s of defined XML data formats or types or schemas (some are industry standards and some are ad-hoc). • Common XML data formats used by EdNA Online are: • RSS describes news feed data exchange format • EdNA XML API Search Results describes search results format

  19. RSS Overview • RSS can stand for 'Rich Site Summary', 'RDF Site Summary' or 'Really Simple Syndication • RSS is an XML-based format that allows the syndication of list-orientedcontent • A feed contains a list of items, each of which is identified by a hyperlink. The most basic metadata supported by RSS includes a title for the link and a description of it.

  20. XML Shared Information Services • The XML option suits an organisation that has a dynamic website or web portal and has access to software developer resources with XML expertise.

  21. XML Shared Information Services (cont) • The following services are available • XML Browse • XML News Headlines • XML Recently Added Resources • XML Distributed Search • XML Event Calendars • XML Browsemap • See http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page3035.html(Developers’ Kit > XML Services) and Shared Information Services documentation

  22. XML Services Examples • EdNA Online VET News Headlines are used in Vet e-News at Training.com.auhttp://www.training.com.au/ • EdNA Online Browse categories are displayed in the ACTivatED portalhttp://activated.decs.act.gov.au/

  23. RSS Shared Information Services • Access the EdNA Online RSS Services via any device that can support RSS feeds. • Display EdNA Online RSS feeds if your website supports the display of external RSS feeds. • Include EdNA RSS Services into your desktop products either via a desktop RSS reader, or by using desktop products that support RSS.

  24. RSS Shared Information Services (cont) • Browse • Search • Recently Added Resources • News Headlines • http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page3041.html(Developers’ Kit > RSS Services)See also the Shared Information Services documentation

  25. Requesting an RSS Service • All EdNA Online XML services are available as RSS feeds. • Searches available through the EdNA Online website can be delivered as RSS. See the bottom of the search results page • Search strings created through the Search generator can be modified to give an RSS stringe.g. Search is http://api.edna.edu.au/search.xml?q=frogsRSS is http://api.edna.edu.au/search.rss?q=frogs • RSS strings can be added to your RSS reader.

  26. Requesting an RSS Service (cont) • Similarly the documentation shows how to convert • Browse • Recently Added Resources • News Headlines • to an RSS format. • These can then be added to an RSS reader.

  27. Register with us • Register as a user of EdNA services so we can keep in touch and let you know when new services are available or when services change. • join-services_register@edna.edu.au • Please participate in our online survey about the usefulness of this workshop. Please complete the workshop surveyhttp://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2GK6R4RD • Thank you for attending this EdNA Online workshop

  28. HTML Shared Information Services • Through ‘The Generators’ EdNA Online provides a number of its services as simple HTML code that you can copy and paste into your own web page. • Distributed Search [HTML] • Browse Topics and Categories • News Headlines • Recently Added Resources

  29. Available in HTML or Javascript • Browse • Event Calendars • Recently Added Resources • Distributed Search • News Headlines

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