rss mashup on 'news snippets in business and economics' in india
DESCRIPTION
Presentation on the an RSS mashup on 'News Snippets in Business and Economics', created using Yahoo Pipes and J2S. It covers news items on Indian and world economy, which enables researchers to have look at one place news items of their interest. The presentation was given by Sham Pujar, IGIDR, India at the Marketplace for techies session at the 4th I-K-Mediary workshop in Bangladesh, January 2011.TRANSCRIPT
News Snippets in News Snippets in Business and Economics: Business and Economics: RSS Mashup RSS Mashup
Dr Shamprasad M. PujarIGIDR, Mumbai, IndiaE-mail: [email protected]
AgendaAgendaIntroductionWhat it is?Sources for mashup and what else
could be added?Tools used to develop this mashupHow to develop and put is on your site
or blog?LimitationsQ & A
IntroductionIntroductionMashup is a web page or
application that uses or combines data or functionality from two or many more external sources to create a new service
RSS refers to Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary
Mashups:Mashups:
A mashup is a web application that combines data
from one or more sources into a single integrated tool
Many mashups are highly interactive, allowing a user to
specify the amount and type of information he or she
wants to see
An example of a mashup is the use of cartographic data
from Google Maps to add location information to real
estate data, thereby creating a new and distinct Web
service that was not originally provided by either
source.
RSS [Really Simple Syndication OR RSS [Really Simple Syndication OR Rich Site Summary]:Rich Site Summary]:
RSS is a format for delivering regularly changing web content such as blog entries, news headlines, article titles etc. Introduced in 1997.
RSS is a way to subscribe to a source of information [Feeds], such as a Web site, and get brief updates delivered to you
One needs to subscribe to feeds and require RSS reader to read the content of feeds. Reader is a must as feeds are generated in XML format
Now most of the websites, blogs provide RSS feeds
RSS helps one to manage ever growing information in the particular field of study
RSS how does it help you?RSS how does it help you?
What it is?What it is?It is a tool to harness the newspaper
headlines in business and economics published in Indian and International newspapers using RSS feeds
Content is filtered as per the needs and requirements of target group
Published on the web for wider circulation
Content gets automatically updated as and when new RSS feeds are added
Sources of MashupSources of MashupNational and International
Business newspapers RSS feedsSources included FT, IHT, AWJ,
ET, BL, BS and FE
What else can be added?
Journal articles RSS feedsWebsite’s RSS feeds and many
more!
Tools used to create the Tools used to create the mashupmashupYahoo Pipes
http://pipes.yahoo.com
Feed2js
http://feed2js.org
How to develop it?How to develop it?• Login to Yahoo pipes, if you have Yahoo ID
else register to login• Click on Create Pipes to develop one• Fetch the feeds from selected sources• Filter the content as per your need• Output the content and view it• Save your pipe• Copy the RSS feed URL• Go to Feed2JS website and develop a
JavaScript for your mashup; Customization is possible
• Paste JavaScript on your website page for wider use
LimitationLimitation
Dependent on update of RSS feeds by sources
E-mail: [email protected]
Q & AQ & A
Questions and Answers ??