{"id":79,"date":"2006-11-02T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-02T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/opml-and-the-internet-librarian-conference\/"},"modified":"2006-11-02T05:25:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-02T12:25:00","slug":"opml-and-the-internet-librarian-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/02\/opml-and-the-internet-librarian-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"OPML and the Internet Librarian conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>OPML<\/a> is widely used to group a whole lot of RSS feeds into one bundle, ready for importing into an RSS aggregator. <\/span>
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\nI just imported my first OPML file into RSS Reader<\/a>. I tried at Bloglines<\/a> , but it said it would take 2 hours to import, and I was just too impatient. Bloglines has been a bit flakey recently, anyhow, with outages and delayed updates.<\/span><\/p>\n

You could use OPML to provide “starter feeds” for people setting up RSS. You could provide information from a subject search, especially if the client wanted to know relevant resources rather than information. The grazr<\/a> box on Peta<\/a>‘s sidebar at Innovate<\/a> is another use of OPML. To create OPML files, you can use a site like OPML Workstation<\/a>.<\/span>
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\nWhat was in my bundle? Feeds associated with the Internet Librarian 2006 <\/a>conference held 23 -26 October in Monterey, California. Over 1000 delegates attended and it had sessions like videocasting with David Lee King<\/a>, RSS feeds and javascript with Meredith Farkas<\/a> and mashups with John Blyberg<\/a>. Here’s the full program<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The OPML file<\/a> was created by Nicole Engard<\/a> at What I Learned Today<\/a> .The goodies she packed in were feeds for :<\/p>\n