Some Definitions are in Order

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This is an overloaded term worthy of definition, but it does reflect the overall push to create internal and external content that's more consumable.

Like "<a title="Wikipedia search..." href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=corporate+blogging&go=Go" target="_blank">corporate blogging</a>", "<a title="Wikipedia search..." href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=enterprise+rss" target="_blank">enterprise RSS</a>" is an overloaded term. In each case, these terms could mean many things that vary among many people. I make no attempt to create <a title="Some Definitions are in Order" href="http://kmblogs.com/public/item/90681" target="_blank">definitions</a> at this time - that's a job for the community and <a title="Wikipedia" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>."Enterprise RSS is as misleading a term as Corporate Blogging - both imply within the firewall but are invariably used to refer to internet rather than intranet solutions." -- Euan Semple (DIGILAB)Euan is correct (in my view) - typically corporate-anything in the software world suggests an internal (behind-the-firewal) implementation. However, many tools are deployed behind the firewall, but are invariably used on (or for) the public Internet. Content management systems are good examples and we call such products (like <a title="Interwoven - CMS" href="http://interwoven.com/" target="_blank">Interwoven</a> and Vignette) "enterprise content management systems". But we don't necessarily assume these tools are only for the creation and managment of content employed for secure use within the fire-wall or corporate network. In fact, an enterprise cms is typically used predominantly for the distribution of public information.Any use of RSS in an enterprise is in indeed "enterprise rss", isn't it? The same applies to "corporate blogs". It seems dumb to even have to state the obvious because it's the context where these tools are employed that makes it possible to arrive at an agreeable definition. For example, here in Colorado there is a gasoline station "enterprise" that uses RSS to update gas pump pricess dynamically all over the state. This is a very busy feed of late. Does this use-case qualify under the definition of enterprise RSS? I suspect it is - but it's not what Euan (or most people) might think of "enterprise RSS". And why isn't it? -- Because RSS was popularized by bloggers, so the vast majority of people believe RSS is somehow connected with blogging and even one-in-the-same; this couldn't be further from the truth of course.Corporate blogging also suffers from a similar indigestion - the term blog carries with it a fair degree of baggage that pinpoints it as a technology used for publishing to the open Internet. Again, a blog used for any "corporate" purpose is [by definition] a corporate blog. Blogs are used for outward marketing purposes and internal knowledge management purposes. To further complicate this discussion, imagine a blog used for knowledge management in the corporate marketing department. Most blog tools are designed for public content publishing. While this doesn't necessarily rule out those tools for corporate use, many <a title="Corporate Blogging" href="http://www.corporateblogging.info/2005/04/company-where-all-110-employees-have.asp" target="_blank">use-cases within corporate environments</a> are ruled out for any blog systems that dont have a security and permissions architecture.Having said this, we point to our own use of the term <a title="MyST Enterprise RSS Overview" href="documents/papers/MyST%20WhitePaper%20-%20Enterprise%20RSS%20Overview.pdf" target="_blank">Enterprise RSS</a> with an agnostic view of the definition because we know that each customer may have different business requirements . We do the same with Corporate Blogging. Our enterprise RSS platform and <a title="MySmartChannels Blogsite" href="http://blogsite.com/" target="_blank">Blogsite.com</a> each support security and permissions that easily address public and private business requirements. I think the notion of <a title="Secure RSS" href="item/13011" target="_blank">security</a> is a key ingredient to better definitions on this subject. 9 application/xml false enterprise RSS RSS infrastructure RSS platform Some Definitions are in Order Navigating the Blog Blitz of Hype, Hyperbole and Hubris http://kmblogs.com/public/item/90681 KLog News News about the use of blogs in knowledge management initiatives. http://klognews.com RSS Makes Enterprise Headlines Following in the footsteps of bloggers, IT managers have begun to utilize RSS?in categories ranging from calendars to CRM?as a powerful tool to deliver information from multiple sources at once. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1646339,00.asp RSS Reaches Out for Enterprise, Social Networks The software and services used to read XML-based news feeds are continuing to branch out as the syndication method gains popularity on the Web. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1788954,00.asp MyST Whitepaper - Enterprise RSS Overview MyST Enterprise RSS services are designed to provide integration connectors and business logic that map existing corporate content and information sources to RSS feeds. http://myst-technology.com/documents/papers/MyST%20WhitePaper%20-%20Enterprise%20RSS%20Overview.pdf Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 aseidl 68.40.167.222 false true false false true 190014 false false true false false false true 11678 blog blogsite/MySTHome/web