Further Reading
RSS 2.0 specification
This site describes the specification of RSS 2.0 feed. It lists all the various elements, giving a description of their use and whether they are optional.
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Wikipedia Podcasting defined
The following page on the Wikipedia website gives a detailed description of podcasting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
Wikipedia RSS explained
The following page gives the Wikipedia description of RSS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format)
Wikipedia on MP3
The following page gives the Wikipedia description of MP3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3
Wikipedia on ID3
The following page gives the Wikipedia description of ID3 tags.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id3
iTunes and podcasts
Apple Computers have extended the RSS format by specifying their own set of tags which can be used within the RSS feed. The additional tags provide added functionality to podcast streams which are subscribed to using Apple's Itunes software. The following website gives full details of these additional tags and their use.
http://phobos.apple.com/static/iTunesRSS.html
Yahoo and media RSS
Yahoo have produced a series of additional enclosures for RSS 2.0, with the aim of extending the functionality to include other media types, such as short films or TV, as well as providing additional metadata with the media. The format is particularly useful for bloggers, allowing the syndication of multimedia content.
http://search.yahoo.com/mrss
Podcast software
A site providing a list of podcast software.
http://www.podcastingnews.com/topics/Podcast_Software.html
Business scenarios for podcasting
An article from the First Monday online journal entitled Podcasting: A new technology in search of viable business models. This looks at the development of podcasting and generates a number of business scenarios for its use.
Crofts, S., Dilley, J., Fox, M., Retsema, A. and Williams, B. (2005) 'Podcasting: a new technology in search of viable business models', First Monday, vol.10, no.9 [online]
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_9/crofts/
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