[IMC-Tech] RDF files + FILTERING

[toni---]

>On Mon, 1 Jan 2001, Michael deBeer wrote:
>
>>  I thought that the indymedia __syndication__ idea is not averse to having
>>  human editors -- the initial publishing is in an open area, but people
>>  wanting a feed from an indymedia site could be pickier about what they
>>  select onto their site. This pickiness could be partially automated by
>  > category, and partially hand-driven through a selection process.

matthew wrote:

>sure. which is also what we do on the web site. that would be useful.
>
>but i still think we could in addition offer the unfiltered headlines.
>it's up to the people re-using our stuff to decide whether to take the
>fitlered or unfiltered, and which filtering method to use.

i see this as main future feature of software that runs indymedia 
sites:  filtering
... ability to filter in different and more sophisticated ways is crucial
for viewers to navigate through the mass of information that indymedia network
gets daily ...

>remember, some websites running active have smaller audiences and do not
>have the problems with garbage submissions (ads / virii) that the main
>indymedia site does. they could benefit immediately from syndication of
>the unfiltered headlines.
>
>meanwhile we could develop more sophisticated filtered options.

i think that we definitely should
because without filtering more information is often less!
... that's the feedback i get from many users
and i share their views as a user as well

question of main page would be much less of a question then
because viewers would have much more control
which kind of content would they prefer to see
when they arrive to the site

toni