Ah, I see! I don't mention any aggregators other than in my opening para explaining my interest in aggregators! You know I know about xpert.
It's not a blog post about the models or usage of particular aggregators, it’s about the models behind them. I'd be very interested to see how any aggregator would describe itself in the terms I suggested in the post. I'm also keen to hear of established
ways of describing what aggregators do.
Cheers
Amber
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Xpert doesn't get a mention, and we sort of are *the* aggregator I'd have thought.
We also support secondary aggregation via API calls across existing collections (searching one feed), and user-defined collections (searching multiple feeds).
And I think 2 of the thematic projects (Oxford and Loughborough) are both using Xpert powered systems as part of their sites?
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Sent: 29 March 2011 20:11
Subject: Re: OER and aggregation
Xpert is definitely an aggregator!
Why do you ask that?
Amber
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Sent: 29 March 2011 17:19
Subject: Re: OER and aggregation
Is Xpert not an aggregator - or is this the aggregation as curation argument again?
Sent: 29 March 2011 13:46
Subject: OER and aggregation
Hi
As a contribution to the OER Hackday happening this week, I share my current thoughts on OER and aggregation
Amber
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