Using RSS feeds to track open source radiology informatics projects

Paul Nagy; Mark Daly; Michael Warnock; Khan Siddiqui M.D.; Eliot Siegel M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.596050

15 April 2005 Using RSS feeds to track open source radiology informatics projects

Paul Nagy, Mark Daly, Michael Warnock, Khan Siddiqui M.D., Eliot Siegel M.D.

Proceedings Volume 5748, Medical Imaging 2005: PACS and Imaging Informatics; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.596050
Event: Medical Imaging, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

There are over 40 open source projects in the field of radiology informatics. Because these are organized and written by volunteers, the development speed varies greatly from one project to the next. To keep track of updates, users must constantly check in on each project's Web page. Many projects remain dormant for years, and ad hoc checking becomes both an inefficient and unreliable means of determining when new versions are available. The result is that most end users track only a few projects and are unaware when others that may be more germane to their interests leapfrog in development. RSS feeds provide a machine readable XML format to track software project updates. Currently only 8 of the 40 projects provide RSS feeds for automatic propagation of news updates. We have a built a news aggregation engine around open source projects in radiology informatics.

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Paul Nagy, Mark Daly, Michael Warnock, Khan Siddiqui M.D., and Eliot Siegel M.D. "Using RSS feeds to track open source radiology informatics projects", Proc. SPIE 5748, Medical Imaging 2005: PACS and Imaging Informatics, (15 April 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.596050

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