Comments on: Keep your OPML http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:15:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Wati Wara http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml/comment-page-1#comment-12901 Wati Wara Sun, 28 May 2006 08:00:42 +0000 http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml#comment-12901 OPML is very useful in a class where you want students to subscibe to each others blog. Once one of the students has created the subscription list it can be made available to the others. An example is where you (teacher) design a research exercise where students locate relevant resources and create blog entries that document how each of the found items relate to the topic. At the end of the exercise a task might be assigned where only the items blogged by students may be used as a resouce for the final document. OPML is very useful in a class where you want students to subscibe to each others blog. Once one of the students has created the subscription list it can be made available to the others. An example is where you (teacher) design a research exercise where students locate relevant resources and create blog entries that document how each of the found items relate to the topic. At the end of the exercise a task might be assigned where only the items blogged by students may be used as a resouce for the final document.

]]> By: Tom Morris http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml/comment-page-1#comment-12836 Tom Morris Sat, 20 May 2006 08:19:04 +0000 http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml#comment-12836 Rich: OPML reading lists seem to do what you would want. http://www.reallysimplesyndication.com/2005/10/13 Some educators are thinking about using reading lists for that purpose. Rich: OPML reading lists seem to do what you would want.
http://www.reallysimplesyndication.com/2005/10/13
Some educators are thinking about using reading lists for that purpose.

]]> By: Rich http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml/comment-page-1#comment-12832 Rich Fri, 19 May 2006 20:15:29 +0000 http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml#comment-12832 I have been able to get friends a colleagues started reading blogs in specialty areas by "priming the pump" for them with an OPML file. It has been great getting novice users quickly invested in the proactice of reading and writing blogs. I cen see educators emailing OPML to their students to jump their dialogue with professionals and thinkers in their fields. Just one smal but beneficial use of OPML. I have been able to get friends a colleagues started reading blogs in specialty areas by “priming the pump” for them with an OPML file. It has been great getting novice users quickly invested in the proactice of reading and writing blogs. I cen see educators emailing OPML to their students to jump their dialogue with professionals and thinkers in their fields. Just one smal but beneficial use of OPML.

]]> By: Michael Specht http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml/comment-page-1#comment-12744 Michael Specht Tue, 09 May 2006 02:02:21 +0000 http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml#comment-12744 I had not seen the OPML sharing site, living under a rock at the moment, I now see what you mean. :-) Having a quick look at the site here's my take. The "let's share reading lists" helps build meta data around the authority of a particular blog vs another. This piece of data when added to the "who links to who" are necessary components when discussing attention. This can also be extended by using the http://share.opml.org/likemine/ feature to find new content, which I have just done. This is probably the most important usage. What else will go through OPML. Anything that is of a hierarchical nature, either facilitated by people or systems (aka automatically). Course structures in the learning space, music playlists, directories, even organisational charts. However as I said it will not solve world hunger. Instead OPML will get added to the suite of tools used and in the long run it will be used by people for things that are completely different to what it was intended for, as with most things. At the end of the day RSS, OPML, Atom, SSE and all other XML file formats just serve as the wiring of the internet, what we do with it is where the real value will be. I had not seen the OPML sharing site, living under a rock at the moment, I now see what you mean. :-) Having a quick look at the site here’s my take.

The “let’s share reading lists” helps build meta data around the authority of a particular blog vs another. This piece of data when added to the “who links to who” are necessary components when discussing attention. This can also be extended by using the http://share.opml.org/likemine/ feature to find new content, which I have just done. This is probably the most important usage.

What else will go through OPML. Anything that is of a hierarchical nature, either facilitated by people or systems (aka automatically). Course structures in the learning space, music playlists, directories, even organisational charts.

However as I said it will not solve world hunger. Instead OPML will get added to the suite of tools used and in the long run it will be used by people for things that are completely different to what it was intended for, as with most things.

At the end of the day RSS, OPML, Atom, SSE and all other XML file formats just serve as the wiring of the internet, what we do with it is where the real value will be.

]]> By: James http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml/comment-page-1#comment-12741 James Tue, 09 May 2006 00:03:12 +0000 http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml#comment-12741 Well I reckon you've got one thing right, it's not RSS, but I still don't understand. What kind of structured data is going to be transferred here beyond reading lists? Why are people going to bother (that much) transferring these? Am having one of these horrible blogosphere days where everyone is going 'how cool that is'... not a lot of critical or sceptical coverage getting airtime here: http://www.technorati.com/search/share.opml.org Still... have been wrong plenty of times before... Well I reckon you’ve got one thing right, it’s not RSS, but I still don’t understand.

What kind of structured data is going to be transferred here beyond reading lists? Why are people going to bother (that much) transferring these?

Am having one of these horrible blogosphere days where everyone is going ‘how cool that is’… not a lot of critical or sceptical coverage getting airtime here: http://www.technorati.com/search/share.opml.org

Still… have been wrong plenty of times before…

]]> By: Michael Specht http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml/comment-page-1#comment-12738 Michael Specht Mon, 08 May 2006 07:14:06 +0000 http://incsub.org/blog/2006/keep-your-opml#comment-12738 I think it is you James, or could it be old age catching up! OPML has it's place but as with most things it will not solve world hunger. It will however be used for structured data transfers between systems, like courses. I think it is you James, or could it be old age catching up!

OPML has it’s place but as with most things it will not solve world hunger. It will however be used for structured data transfers between systems, like courses.

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