Sessions for Seybold San Francisco 2003
As part of the Seybold-IDEAlliance XML in Publishing Conference, there will be a Weblog and RSS Day on Thursday September 11, 2003. We are looking for qualified speakers for the sessions; please email speaker@textuality.com, including a brief bio and a description of what you would like to speak about.
Session Descriptions
10:30 - noon: RSS and Blogs: An Introduction
This session will introduce attendees to weblogs (blogs) and the syndication format RSS. These fast-growing technologies are related but are not the same. Weblogs are the latest variation of web-based self-publishing and come in many different styles. RSS is syndication technology that enables readers to see headlines from many different news sources in one software application or web page. The headlines can be from online newspapers, magazines, or blogs. RSS has applications well beyond the world of weblogs. This session will explain what blogs and RSS are and how to use them.
2 - 3 pm: RSS in Depth
RSS is an XML-based technology with profound implications for the publishing industry. This session will discuss the different versions of RSS and the advantages of each version. It will also discuss the current trends in the RSS space and what effect they're likely to have.
3:15 - 4:15 pm: Blogs and Style
There are several different styles of blogs. The panel will discuss these different styles and different blogging tools. It will also discuss some of the ways in which "professional" blogs differ from "personal" blogs. Finally, it will offer some prognoses as to how blogs and the concept of blogging may develop over the next few months.
4:30 - 5:30 pm: Effects on the Publishing Industry
Both RSS and blogging have the potential to be disruptive technologies with strong effects on the publishing industry. With RSS users can read headlines without seeing advertisements, thereby disrupting some business models. With blogging the definition of journalism and who is a journalist has been changed. Events are now reported in realtime by people who may be amateurs or professionals, and grassroots punditry read by thousands of people is commonplace. This will have an effect on printed and online magazines and newspapers. The panel will discuss both of these disruptive technologies in terms of what disruption they may cause and how the world of publishing may need to change.