title: ChemSem: an extensible and scalable RSS-based seminar alerting system for scientific collaboration.
abstract: A seminar announcement system based on the extensive use of XML-based data structures, CML/MathML for carrying more domain-specific molecular content, and open source software components is described. The output is a resource description framework (RDF) site summary (RSS) feed, which potentially carries many advantages over conventional announcement mechanisms, including the ability to aggregate and then sort multiple and diverse RSS feeds on the basis of declared metadata and to feed into RDF-based mechanisms for establishing links between different subject areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, London SW7 2AY, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Henry S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Rzepa
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wheat
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Williamson