Reasonable Expectations in the Web 2.0 World
September 22nd, 2008 Posted in UncategorizedOrganizations with critical responsibilities have a responsibility to make their information as “liberated” as possible
This past week, I have been doing my best to get up to speed in my new position. As a part of this process, I have been visiting the Web sites of organizations doing related work to see what information they have available and what options they provide for receiving updates. I have been very surprised to find that there are many organizations that still have not embraced RSS as a mechanism for syndicating critical updates and information. Moreover, I have come across several instances where Web sites publish updates to a unique url, thus making it very difficult to link to the most up-to-date information.
In my opinion, Web managers have a duty to think about how best to manage, organize and publish their information so that the information is as “liberated” as possible. I have been able to find some workarounds to get much of information that I need (change detection being one of the useful tools I use) but the process would be better for everyone if the sites I used were syndicating their content in a more effective manner.
