14 August 2005

RSS update

We have updated and republished our RSS feed to include all of the iTunes tags in our podcast channel and all our podcasts.

Although this process takes a little time to complete and validate, particularly for each podcast, it does provide a measure of control on some of the presentation features that are included within the iTunes application. There does, however, seem to be a delay between publishing an amended RSS feed and whatever process is used for refreshing the iTunes directory.

If you have subscribed to a podcast channel you will receive quick notification of a new podcast but will find that the podcasts listed in iTunes for the channel do not update as quickly. This aspect seems to lag behind by a period of up to 24 hours.