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Syndication

Syndication is the automatic transfer of articles from one site to another. The ulitmate goal would be that all biotech articles posted somewhere in the Indymedia network get to Biotech Indymedia automatically.

But we are still far a way from that..

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Existing Syndication

So far automatic syndication is only done from Mir sites

• Portland genetic engineering: works fine
• UK bio-technology works usually fine, but gets stuck sometimes. Contact chrisc if it happens

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Syndication to get started...

depending on the RSS feeds of the local IMCs

• Germany: http://de.indymedia.org/RSS/biopolitik-full.xml - full syndication
• Poland: http://poland.indymedia.org/pl/ekologia/archive.shtml

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Practical info for local IMCs

a full RSS feed is need for syndication of topic articles

• Mir: template is available at http://codecoop.org/scm/cvsweb.php/mir/etc/producer/RSS-full.template?cvsroot=mir - the latest producer.xml has it already included
• Howto: Full Content RSS

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Biotech or related topics on local IMCs

(imc's not listed don't have topics)

dada sites need to be checked again

Canada

• Maritimes: environment but not much on biotech, but it looks like they could take it up nonetheless
• *Victoria: environment but not much biotech

Europe

• Barcelona: biotech as part of ecologica (Spanish, dada): They have an updated overview on biotech articles in the ecology catergory, and somebody from imc barcelona started suggesting their articles on biotech imc
• Croatia has topics - but i can't figure out which ones...
• Estrecho/Madiq (Spain, marokko): a lot of topics, maybe biotech is in ecology, but i suppose they would also add biotech as a new topic
• Euskal Herria (Basque country): biotech (transgenicos) are in the http://euskalherria.indymedia.org/eu/sarea/sarea.shtml^? section
• Germany: Biopolitik could be syndicated as it is (Mir site)
• Hungary: has a few topics, but i can't figure them out
• Istanbul: Ecology section
• Italy: Ecology section
• Liege: Environment section
• Lille: ecology as part of Ecology and urban battles and it looks like they could include biotech as a seperate section because they have quite a few postings anyway
• Marseille: currently half of their ecology section is on GMOs
• Netherlands: Nature, animals and humans but it was already planned earlier to make a biotec section and to syndicate it
• Nice: ecology only a few topics, but they are so specific that they might want to do biotech as well
• Oost-Vlandern: Environment with only a few biotech articles
• Paris: Environment but they might be interested to set up a special biotech topic. Contact: Paddy
• Poland: Biotech topic, Mir site
• Portugal: Ecology/Environement they might take up biotech
• Romenia: ecology and biotech not much on it in general, maybe they would make an extra topic
• Switzerland: probably in ecology but i cna't find anything there
• UK: biotech is already syndicated, but stops sometimes
• West Vlandern: environment but i can't find anything on biotech there

East Asia

• QC: a lot of topics incl. peasants but no biotech. they use sf-active so 2 topics per article are possible, and they would consider making biotech a topic. - sf-active

Latin America

• Argentina: environment
• Chile/Santigo: ecology
• Peru: ecology
• Uruguay: environment

Oceania

• Adelaide: genetic engineering -dada
• Aotera: biotech - dada
• Melbourne: ecology but maybe they can take up biotech as an additional topic - sf-active

South Asia

USA

• Arizona: topics, and biotech would fit into their list, but topics empty
• Baltimore: biotechnology but empty
• Boston: a lot of topics, no biotech, but it might fit
• Cleveland: environment
• Charlotteville: environment but looks like they could include biotech
• Colorado: environment but it looks like they could take up biotech
• DC: environment/food/health
• Hudson/Mowhak: environment but looks like they could take up biotech
• Idaho: different environmental topics but no biotech, but looks like it would fit very well in their list
• LA: environment
• Maine: environment
• Michigan: a lot of topics incl. environment, but no proper way of listing them
• Twin Cities: environment
• New Hampshire: biotechnology
• New Jersey: environment
• North Texas: a lot of topics but no biotech, but would fit in there
• NYC: [[http://nyc.indymedia.org/index.php][food] and environment
• Oklahoma: food & agriculture, Science & technology and environment/sustainbility
• Portland: genetic engineering: already syndicated
• Richmond: environment might take up biotech - dada
• Rochester: quite a few topics but nothing suitable - dada
• Rogue: ?
• San Diego: environment but it looks like biotech would fit into their list as well - mir
• SF Indybay: environment and globalization - sf-active
• Santa Barbara: environment - dada
• Tenesse: environment could include biotech - dada
• Urbana Champaign: environment could include biotech - dada
• Utah: environment could include biotech - sf-active
• Vermont: environment they should really make biotech a new topic... - dada

West Asia

• Beirut: environment - mir

-- ClarA - 01 Jul 2004
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