Professional Documents
Culture Documents
24 October 2002
KM in the current economy
Tools
Weblogs
News aggregators
Some definitions
Weblog
A web site (usu. of personal/non-commercial origin) that is
frequently updated with information and links to resources within
a particular subject. The published information is presented much
like a journal on the web in reverse chronological order.
News feed
A data file listing recent entries from a weblog.
A data file listing recent news headlines from a commercial
source.
Feed formats are in XML format (specifically RSS or RDF).
News aggregator
An application that retrieves and displays news feeds from
multiple sources.
Client application -- runs on PC for individual use.
Server application – runs on a web server for group use.
Weblog example
Authoring
Published site
News feed XML
Copy URL for news feed RSS-formatted
XML file
http://infoview.lucent.com/cgi-
bin/dbsearch/178?searchType=boolean&stem=
on&query=(((wireless!(5n!)apple!)))&format=rss
Users can
select feeds
appearing in
their news
Selecting the POST button copies that story’s URL and title aggregator to
to a new blog entry in the editing view. publish the link
on their public
site and write
commentary for
their readers.
View of story published on public site
Alternatives for monitoring news