Hi All, I've been thinking about what data you guys find useful and what data could be made available without getting rights clearance involved.
Anyway, one thing the BBC does a lot of is RSS feeds. But there not exactly that useful for larger applications and prototypes because of lack of structure and partial nature (best way I can explain it). So how about we started to archive the RSS feeds into one large database, index them by time and date, slap a nice REST interface on them and let you guys have access to it? I imagine within a few months, you could data mine out keywords and trends. It would also make a great archive of the news at the time (suggesting we use BBC News, World Service and Sport feeds to start). Ideally in the future, you would all be able to add metadata around the original items, setup unique queries and copy the whole database. How's this sound because its something I think could be built quite easily. If people are interested I can go into the details later on the list. So what do you guys all think? Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [] private; [] ask first; [ x ] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage BC5 C3, Media Village, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TP e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: +44 (0)2080083965 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
