Addressing the unharmonised metadata of RSS feeds would support research discovery and speed up science

Pacher, Andreas (2018) Addressing the unharmonised metadata of RSS feeds would support research discovery and speed up science. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (04 Oct 2018). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

RSS feeds allow academics and others to keep track of the latest papers to publish in a chosen selection of research journals. They are machine-readable and aggregable, thus presenting a potentially simple solution for promoting content awareness on a large scale. However, Andreas Pacher flags a handful of problems which continue to limit the effectiveness of RSS feeds; namely a lack of metadata, a lack of harmonised metadata, and a more general lack of awareness. If efforts are focused on addressing these problems, RSS potentially speeds up science by aiding research discovery for scholars and other publics, representing a positive contribution to scholarly communications as a whole.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	19 Mar 2021 14:42
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:33
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/109259

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