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The Mechanics Of Implementing Rss - Really Simple Syndication, Umakant Mishra Dec 2011

The Mechanics Of Implementing Rss - Really Simple Syndication, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

RSS is a format to update the frequently updated content in the Internet such as blog entries, news headlines etc. An RSS document contains full or summarized texts plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. RSS stands for Really simple Syndication. RSS feeds benefits publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. A standardized XML file format is used to publish once and viewed by many different programs.


Identifying Students’ Summary Writing Strategies Using Summary Sentence Decomposition Algorithm, Rukaini Abdullah Jan 2011

Identifying Students’ Summary Writing Strategies Using Summary Sentence Decomposition Algorithm, Rukaini Abdullah

Rukaini Abdullah

Summary writing is one of the important skills taught in schools. A summary is a condensed version of an existing text. Its production differs from other types of writing where it requires the use of specific strategies. Most research on summary assessments focused on the end product of summary writing instead of its process. Research has shown that lack of strategic skills is a cause of students’ difficulties in writing good summaries. There are a few systems available to assist teachers in assessing students summaries based on content and style. But virtually none have been developed to assess the process …


Identifying How Novice Researchers Search, Locate, Choose And Use Web Resources At The Early Stage Of Research, Maizatul Akmar Ismail Jan 2011

Identifying How Novice Researchers Search, Locate, Choose And Use Web Resources At The Early Stage Of Research, Maizatul Akmar Ismail

Maizatul Akmar Ismail

This paper describes the process of identifying novice researchers' information needs. The study sampled postgraduate students at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Malaysia. The study utilized three types of data gathering techniques: (a) observations to gauge further understanding the novice researchers' information seeking behaviour while searching for research related sources on the Web; (b) a questionnaire-based survey to identify the artifact or the resources they use for the research activities; and (c) interviews with expert researchers to gauge further information needs of novice researchers. Results indicate that novice researchers rely on thesis, e-book, journals …