[WEB4LIB] RE: Podcasting via cell phone

[Karen Coombs]

Bill,

What makes a podcast a podcast is that the feed includes an enclosure
tag that links to the audio content. Below is an example item from the
RSS feed on my Library Web Chic blog.

<item>
<title>Library Web Chic Podcast #1</title>
<link>http://www.librarywebchic.net/2005/02/10.html#a205</link>
<description>
<h4>Library Web Chic Podcast #1</h4>
<p>Okay I got inspired by everyone else (Michael, Greg, Karen, Steven,
etc). So here is my first podcast!</p>
<a href="http://www.librarywebchic.net/podcasts/lwc_podcast1.mp3"><a
href="http://www.librarywebchic.net/podcasts/lwc_podcast1.mp3">http://ww
w.librarywebchic.net/podcasts/lwc_podcast1.mp3</a></a><br>
</description>
<guid>http://www.librarywebchic.net/2005/02/10.html#a205</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:33:51 GMT</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.librarywebchic.net/podcasts/lwc_podcast1.mp3"
length="4040" type="text/html"/>
</item>

See the enclosure tag. This is what lets a podcast aggregator like
iPodder pick up the podcast for you.
I don't think mine is complete right because I think the type attribute
should read "audio/mpeg". I haven't figured out how to get my blogging
software to do this yet though. The RSS 2.0 feed for Tame the Web has an
example of an enclosure done completely correct if you want to look at
one.

Karen A. Coombs
Electronic Services Librarian
SUNY Cortland
coombsk at cortland.edu 

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Drew, Bill
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 9:21 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Podcasting via cell phone


The RSS feeds are simply ATOM.  I am not sure of the real difference.  I
will look into it more.  Good point on not really being a podcast.  I
was amazed how easy it was though.

Bill Drew
drewwe at morrisville.edu 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of K.G. Schneider
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:37 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Podcasting via cell phone
> 
> I heard a presentation of podcasting at a recent conference where the 
> presenter, Brendan Greeley of Public Radio Exchange, talked about cell

> phone podcasting as a way for people in politically repressive
> countries (eek! I
> almost wrote "companies" ;> ) to present their views. It was 
> a fascinating
> talk about using Web technologies for citizen empowerment. 
> 
> However, though you have successfully broadcasted, you haven't really 
> podcast until you've made the sound file available via your RSS feed. 
> :-) Bill, have you tried picking up your feed with an podcast
> aggregator such as
> ipodder? Does blogspot offer tips for enabling their RSS2 feeds for
> podcasting?