Thursday, May 01, 2003

WLMS, WTLS, VLE???. An interesting chat hosted by Stephen Downes who was kind enough to give me a mention. Question is, if it's not a weblog learning management system then what is it... my previous suggestions sounds naff I think, a Virtual Learning Environment sounds much better. I know it's just semantics, but a good cogitating point nevertheless! [James Farmer's Radio Weblog] 1:38:54 PM

Step-by-step primer on RSS. What is RSS? RSS is a protocol, an application of XML, that provides an open method of syndicating and aggregating Web content. Using RSS files, you can create a data feed that supplies headlines, links, and article summaries from your Web site. Users can have constantly updated content from web sites delivered to them via a news aggregator, a piece of software specifically tailored to receive these types of feeds. RSS is the hottest thing in Web communication. It powers many popular applications such as weblogs, knowledge management networks, and news syndication. Weblogging, a term coined by Jorn Barger in December 1997, is one of the most popular and fast growing applications of RSS. A blog is someone's personal dated 'log' frequently updated with new information about a particular subject or range of subjects. [State of Utah Government Information Locator Service] This is oriented toward weblogging, but it does a good job of explaining how to build an RSS feed. 11:04:42 AM