Re: [dita-fa-edboard] DITA bloggers

[Scott Prentice <sp@leximation.com>]

Hi Bob...

Sounds good .. I'll get started on this later this week.

...scott


Bob Doyle wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> This sounds like a terrific idea.
>
> I very much like the concept of different websites (and background 
> toolsets/CMS, etc.) contributing shared information via select web 
> services feeds between systems. I do this with my CMS Glossary 
> syndicated to a dozen CM community websites.
>
> So if others approve the idea, I would like you to prototype the feed 
> and we can test it out.
>
> I assume we could make more than one Google Alert (different keywords) 
> and then send them all to the one new email address which your script 
> would parse and turn around as an RSS feed to the DITA.xml.org and 
> OpenDocument.xml.org aggregators.
>
> If we don't get a thumbs down from someone, please go ahead and send 
> me the feed URL when ready at ditamap.com..
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob.
>
> Scott Prentice wrote:
>> Hi Bob...
>>
>> Regarding the integration of Google Alerts .. it is possible to set 
>> up an email address where the incoming content is passed to a Perl 
>> (or other) script, which then generates an RSS feed. If this isn't 
>> something that can easily be done on the OASIS server, I'd be glad to 
>> set this up on ditamap.com and you could grab the RSS feed from there.
>>
>> ...scott
>>
>>
>> Bob Doyle wrote:
>>> Hi Don,
>>>
>>> Filtering on keywords is not yet in place for OpenDocument or DITA 
>>> (News or Blogs) on the dita-staging.xml.org server.
>>>
>>> The page you saw is just the raw data.
>>> http://dita-staging.xml.org/aggregator/categories/4
>>>
>>> For filtering we need Seth to install the Drupal New Page module.
>>>
>>> I did a proof of concept demo of DITA XML filtering on my CMS News 
>>> site.
>>> http://www.cms-news.org/?q=node/6
>>>
>>> It does catch my XML CMS column last week (thanks for your plug below).
>>>
>>> I will get filtering running on DITA.xml.org as soon as I hear from 
>>> Carol or Seth that the New Page module is installed.
>>>
>>> I wish I knew how to integrate Google alerts! I use them for my 
>>> various brands.  As far as I know Alerts only come as emails. We 
>>> would need an RSS feed.
>>>
>>> A hack would be for one (or more) of us to set up specific Google 
>>> alerts and then faithfully post a link to one of our aggregated blogs.
>>>
>>> Any other ideas?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Bob.
>>>
>>> Don Day wrote:
>>>> Bob, I would like to see the news aggregator catch highly relevant 
>>>> items
>>>> such as this:
>>>> http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=18107
>>>>
>>>> I got this on a Google Alerts simple case of  "xml dita", which has 
>>>> turned
>>>> out to catch most new announcements and articles effectively enough.
>>>>
>>>> I have been browsing your sample page and cannot see the DITA 
>>>> connection on
>>>> what I've seen so far.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> -- 
>>>> Don Day
>>>> Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
>>>> IBM Lead DITA Architect
>>>> Email: dond@us.ibm.com
>>>> 11501 Burnet Rd. MS9033E015, Austin TX 78758
>>>> Phone: +1 512-838-8550
>>>> T/L: 678-8550
>>>>
>>>> "Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
>>>>  Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
>>>>    --T.S. Eliot
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                                                                            
>>>>              Bob 
>>>> Doyle                                                     
>>>>              
>>>> <bobdoyle@skybuil                                             
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>>>>                                        Carol 
>>>> Geyer                                      09/11/2006 
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>>>> [dita-fa-edboard] DITA bloggers 
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Carol and All,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for having me on the DITA.xml.org Editorial Board.
>>>>
>>>> A first rough draft of the DITA News aggregator is available at:
>>>> http://dita-staging.xml.org/aggregator/categories/4
>>>>
>>>> We need to set up a "cron" to pull feeds on a regular schedule 
>>>> (every 12
>>>> hours?) and then the posts will interleave themselves by time.  The 
>>>> page
>>>> now shows news feeds in the order I manually added them (last in - 
>>>> first
>>>> out so eWeek is at the top).
>>>>
>>>> We will be filtering the feeds on DITA-related keywords, so we need 
>>>> your
>>>> suggestions for important terms.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Bob.
>>>>
>>>> Carol Geyer wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>> DITA XML.org Editorial Board,
>>>>> I am very pleased to announce that Bob Doyle, an OASIS member many 
>>>>> of you
>>>>>     
>>>> know
>>>>  
>>>>> well, has joined the DITA XML.org Editorial Board. Bob's 
>>>>> credentials are
>>>>>     
>>>> far
>>>>  
>>>>> too extensive for me to even try to summarize in an email. His web 
>>>>> site,
>>>>> skybuilders.com, only represents a fraction of what he does now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob organizes the DITA Users Group in Boston and has been working 
>>>>> with
>>>>>     
>>>> Seth and
>>>>  
>>>>> me to extend the news and blog aggregator functionality on 
>>>>> dita.xml.org.
>>>>>     
>>>> Bob is
>>>>  
>>>>> experimenting with a new Drupal module that will automatically search
>>>>>     
>>>> selected
>>>>  
>>>>> RSS feeds for our keywords (e.g., DITA) and post appropriate headline
>>>>>     
>>>> links on
>>>>  
>>>>> our news and our blogs pages.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are aware of anyone who blogs occasionally (and intelligently)
>>>>>     
>>>> about
>>>>  
>>>>> DITA on a site other than dita.xml.org--and whose blog is 
>>>>> available via
>>>>> RSS--please let Bob know.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for news sources, we've started off with these:
>>>>>
>>>>> IBM developerworks
>>>>> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/views/rss/customfeed.jsp
>>>>> Infoworld (standards) http://www.infoworld.com/rss/standards.xml
>>>>> Infoworld (top news) http://www.infoworld.com/rss/news.xml
>>>>> eWeek http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/ziffdavis/eweek/developer
>>>>> CNET http://news.com.com/2547-1_3-0-20.xml
>>>>> Internet news
>>>>> http://www.internetnews.com/icom_includes/feeds/inews/wr-dev-news-10.xml 
>>>>>
>>>>> Government Computer News (policy)
>>>>> http://www.gcn.com/technology-policy/index.xml
>>>>> Government Computer News (top stories) http://www.gcn.com/index.xml
>>>>> Zdnet Asia http://www.zdnetasia.com/rss/latest_news.htm?n=10
>>>>>
>>>>> If you have any others we should add, please let Bob know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Carol
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _________________________________
>>>>> Carol Geyer
>>>>> Director of Communications
>>>>> OASIS
>>>>> +1.978.667.5115 x209
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Bob Doyle
>>> Editor In Chief, CMS Review - http://www.cmsreview.com
>>> Technology Adviser, CM Pros - http://www.cmprofessionals.org
>>> Contributing Editor, EContent Magazine - 
>>> http://www.econtentmag.com/About/AboutAuthor.aspx?AuthorID=155
>>> President and CEO, skyBuilders - http://www.skybuilders.com
>>> 77 Huron Avenue
>>> Cambridge, MA 02138
>>> Tel: +1 617-876-5676   Skype:bobdoyle
>>>
>>>   
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