1. Content syndication Proposal

2. Problem Statement There is excellent content spread across many independent organizations Many of these organizations are willing to share content with an syndicated web property Content sharing must be simple and low-friction

3. Proposed Solution A new web property is created to syndicate content from independent, federated web properties ( need domain ) Federated properties can easily share content via RSS with little or no net new development Federated properties can consume syndicated content using RSS or easily embeddable web widget/ gadgets provided by the syndication property REST API for direct access to data

4. Prototype Screenshots – Home Page

5. Prototype Screenshots – Channels

6. Prototype Screenshots – Search

7. REST API Query methods Author Country Keyword Geo Channel Topic Date Range

8. Questions / Comments

9. Thank You! A special thanks to Ian Cairns at DevelopmentSeed.org Scott Barstow ( @scottbarstow ) sbarstow@gmail.com