Extending RSS to meet central bank needs.

Asman, Paul; Cannon, San; Sommo, Christine

Abstract

The Federal Reserve wanted to use RSS to represent not only news, such as press releases, but also data, such as exchange rates. The Fed hoped to use one set of feeds to accommodate two different audiences for RSS; human readers (at one remove) and self-contained automated processes. While the different RSS specifications provide elements for traditional news items, they require extensions to handle data. Since central banks all tend to report the same sorts of information, the Fed joined with other central banks to create an extended specification that met their needs. This specification extends RSS 1.0, which is the more readily extended RSS specification. The extension uses elements from established metadata standards wherever it can, such as for language and audience, and adds elements when subjects are not found in those standards or are more particular to central banks, such as (monetary) currency. Although the central banks intend these new elements to be used primarily by machine processes, the element names have sufficient semantic transparency so that they can be understood by human readers.

Citation

ASMAN, P., CANNON, S. and SOMMO, C. 2010. Extending RSS to meet central bank needs. Proceedings of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) international conference on Dublin Core and metadata applications [online], 2010: proceedings of the 10th DCMI international conference on Dublin Core and metadata applications (DC-2010), 20-22 October 2010, Pittsburgh, USA, pages 115-127. Available from: https://dcpapers.dublincore.org/pubs/article/view/1005

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 10th DCMI international conference on Dublin Core and metadata applications (DC-2010)
• Acceptance Date: Sep 20, 2010
• Online Publication Date: Sep 20, 2010
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2010
• Deposit Date: Sep 6, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 27, 2023
• Journal: Proceedings of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) international conference on Dublin Core and metadata applications
• Electronic ISSN: 1939-1366
• Publisher: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2010
• Pages: 115-127
• Keywords: RDF site summary (RSS); Really simple syndication (RSS); RSS feeds; Metadata application profiles; Finance
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2063644
• Publisher URL: https://dcpapers.dublincore.org/pubs/article/view/1005