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I disagree with those above who say that rss would entail a significant increase in server load. Look at what the XML tickers are already doing. Converting those (but cloning them first, to allow continued use of the existing scheme) to use RSS-compliant XML would be trivial!

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Re^2: RSS feed fixed
by demerphq (Chancellor) on Sep 21, 2004 at 14:38 UTC

    to use RSS-compliant XML would be trivial!

    What does RSS compliant XML look like then? We already have facilities for producing different XML styles for the tickers so extending it shouldn't be difficult. Assuming RSS-compliant XML is not too different from what we currently have.


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      I think RSS-formatted ticker feeds would differ from their current format(s) only syntactically. Semantically, the XML tickers re-invent the RSS wheel (in part; RSS is a (semantic) superset of the XML tickers).

      I'd recommend conforming to RSS 2.0, because it's (allegedly) backward-compatible with 0.92, which is in turn backward-compatible with 0.91... And 0.91/0.92 are the de facto standards for RSS.

      Here's a good article by perl monger Jonathan Eisenzopf: Making Headlines with RSS.

      I haven't checked it out, but there is a XML::RSS module which supposedly makes RSS generation easier.

      btw - If you're seriously considering this proposal, you might also be interested in another, "better" standard for syndication, the Atom protocol. Some blog sites, such as LiveJournal, support Atom, and it may supplant RSS as the de facto standard for syndication.

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        I dont know that ill have the time to pore over a bunch of standards documents for this. Couldn't you just abstract the relevent info needed for me? Such as what a current ticker already does and how you expect it to look under 'RSS' mode? Personally id be much more likely to do the legwork on this if it doesnt involve reading a bunch of docs.


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