Within the context of the 8th Hispano-Mexican Seminar on Library and Information Science, held from March 21 to 25, 2011, a platform for researching content published through syndication channels was presented for the first time. The software program developed from the doctoral thesis «Applications of Syndication for the Management of Bibliographic Catalogs» enables the retrieval of all content and news published by any media outlet through its content syndication channels. This tool allows, among other things, continuous real-time capture of publications in a manner very similar to how Google News operates. The main difference lies in the organization of information and the scientific applications developed through this research. The study consists of two clearly distinct components: first, the development of the software application itself, carried out by Professor Blázquez; second, the compilation of syndication channels from Spain and Mexico to feed the syndication platform, a task undertaken by Professor Esmeralda Serrano Mascaraque and Professor Blázquez. The ultimate objective is to explain the experience of building the tool, named «Resync», and to conduct the first quantitative analysis of informational content published over a 24-hour period by Spanish and Mexican media outlets. The results can be summarized as follows: 3,161 syndication channels analyzed and more than 60,000 news items published. Additionally, a list of defective syndication channels was provided, a ranking of media outlets with the highest number of syndication channels, a table showing the distribution of syndication channels by media type (print, radio, and television), the distribution of syndication channels by thematic category, channels from specialized web media, and finally, the classification of content published in media syndication feeds.

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  • BLÁZQUEZ OCHANDO, M.; SERRANO MASCARAQUE, E. 2011. [Paper]. Platform for Research on Syndicated Content: Development of the ReSync System and Application to Spanish and Mexican Media. In: 8th Hispano-Mexican Seminar on Librarianship and Documentation (Mexico, March 21–25)

Abstract

The diversification of information transmission channels on the web has created a complex content landscape in which syndication channels play a significant role, requiring specialized treatment to ensure their scientific processing and analysis. The study focuses on the development of the ReSync program, which performs these functions by providing an experimental platform for information collected en masse through multiple channels or information sources. This function, typical of content parsers and aggregators, aims to be extended beyond its current limitations. In this regard, tests are conducted on the importation, processing, and retrieval of content from the main syndication channels of Spanish and Mexican media, enabling the determination of the total number of news items, the treatment of information across print, radio, television, and online media for a single story, quantitative data on publication ratios, and statistics on the topology and structure of syndication channels.

Keywords

Information retrieval, content syndication, parsers, information management, data mining, media

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