Archive for October, 2002
October 4, 2002
RSS Job Feeds
Travis Owens is taking a crack at developing an RSS job feed module.
Update:
Here is an RSS job feed for the Turning Stone Casino created by Travis (without the proposed module). This is the first operational rss job feed that I have seen.
Providing an RSS job feed makes a lot of sense for employers that typically have lots of job openings. People interested in working at the company can subscribe and watch for one that matches what their abilities. Good for current employees too.
Travis also developed this headlines news feed for IndianCountry.com.
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October 1, 2002
The Power of Facets
(Originally posted on the XFML Yahoo! Group.)
The true power of faceted metadata, imho, is that you can triangulate on resources by searching with terms from multiple facets.
Let’s assume I have a thesaurus of communication disorders. One facet might be “Disorders”. By picking a term within Disorders, say ‘Dysphagia’, I can identify resoruces related to that particular disorder. However, what if I was only interested in that disorder as it affects newborn children? I could use an “Age” facet and add the ‘Newborn’ term from that facet to my search criteria. That will then help me narrow further. Let’s add a “Geography” facet and select ‘North America’. Now we have results for ‘Newborns’ in ‘North America’ that have ‘Dysphagia’. This requires accurate indexing of material to be effective.
That is what I think the biggest advantage of faceted metadata rather than just a list of keywords. The Flamenco project is a good example of how it might look in a deployed web site.
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