RSS Feeds For Briefing Documents

RSS feeds are available for QA Focus briefing documents.

All Briefing Documents: [RSS feed] - [View RSS Feed] - [Validate RSS feed] [PDF file]

Quality Assurance Briefing Documents: [RSS feed] - [View RSS Feed] - [Validate RSS feed] [PDF file]
Standards Briefing Documents: [RSS feed] - [View RSS Feed] - [Validate RSS feed] [PDF file]
Digitisation Briefing Documents: [RSS feed] - [View RSS Feed] - [Validate RSS feed] [PDF file]
Web Briefing Documents: [RSS feed] - [View RSS Feed] - [Validate RSS feed] [PDF file]
Usability Briefing Documents: [RSS feed] - [View RSS Feed] - [Validate RSS feed] [PDF file]
Metadata Briefing Documents: [RSS feed] - [View RSS Feed] - [Validate RSS feed] [PDF file]
Software Briefing Documents: [RSS feed] - [View RSS Feed] - [Validate RSS feed] [PDF file]
Service Deployment Briefing Documents: [RSS feed] - [View RSS Feed] - [Validate RSS feed] [PDF file]
Legal Briefing Documents: [RSS feed] - [View RSS Feed] - [Validate RSS feed] [PDF file]
General Briefing Documents: [RSS feed] - [View RSS Feed] - [Validate RSS feed] [PDF file]

Recently Published Briefing Document

Information on the five most recently published briefing documents is given below.

New Documents: [RSS feed] - [View RSS Feed] - [Validate RSS feed] [PDF file]

OPML File

Please note that an experimental OPML file for the RSS feeds is also available. This can be used to import all of the feeds into your RSS reader. This file is intended to be read by RSS readers.

OPML file (for importing into RSS viewers)

Note that an experimental OPML viewer is available:

Optimal OPML viewer
OPML Surfer viewer
View OPML file (using Grazr experimental viewer)
View using inline Grazr experimental viewer (see below - note for use in JavaScript-enabled browsers only)

Embedding Content In Your Own Web Site

The RSS and OPML files can be accessed using dedicated RSS viewers. In addition you may wish to embed the content within your own Web site.

The Grazr OPML viewer provides a simple mechanism for embedding the content. Please note, however:

The Grazr viewer will only work in JavaScript-enabled browsers
The Grazr software is hosted by an external third-party service. The service may cease to work if the company changes its policies.
We do not provide an endorsement of this particular application.

If you chose to make use of the RSS and OPML files and the Grazr application you are responsible for carrying out your own risk assessment.

Further Information About OPML

Further information about OPML is available.

It should be noted that, as described in Wikipedia, OPML has various shortcomings (e.g. OPML stores data in XML attributes, which violates a common XML design principle and due to the arbitrary nature of the "type" attribute and the acceptance of arbitrary attributes on "outline" elements, interoperability of OPML documents relies almost entirely on the undocumented conventions of content producers.) This OPML service should, therefore be regarded as experimental, is not guaranteed to be interoperable and the file is liable to be removed without notice.

Quality Assurance For The RSS Feeds

The following quality assurance policies and procedures have been developed for the RSS feeds.

We will endeavour to ensure that the URLs of this page and of the RSS feeds are persistent until at least 2008.
We will validate the RSS files when they are created or updated.
We will make use of simple, clean RSS in order to ensure the feeds can be used in a wide range of RSS readers.
We will seek to ensure that the titles and descriptions are kept to a consistent length and style.
We will seek to ensure that the content of the RSS feeds is accurate and appropriate.

Email Alerts For The RSS Feeds

The R-Mail.org service can be used to receive email alerts about new QA Focus briefing documents (i.e when changes are made to the RSS files.

This email service is provided by an externally-hosted service. Therefore please note the following:

The ongoing availability and reliability of the service cannot be relied on.
We cannot guarantee that the data will not be misused.

Changes

22 Aug 2006: Added links to RSS2PDF service for the dynamic generation of PDF files. Brian Kelly.
27 Apr 2006: Added link to OPML viewer. Brian Kelly.
2 Dec 2005: Added link to new RSS file for Usability briefing documents. Brian Kelly.