Re^2: RSS feed fixed

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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Re^3: RSS feed fixed by jdporter (Paladin) on Sep 21, 2004 at 15:30 UTC
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.	[reply]
Re^4: RSS feed fixed by demerphq (Chancellor) on Sep 21, 2004 at 16:44 UTC
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. --- demerphq _{First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Gandhi Flux8}	[reply]
Re^5: RSS feed fixed by jdporter (Paladin) on Sep 22, 2004 at 20:58 UTC
For starters, the following stereotypical Newest Nodes stream... Read more... (6 kB)	[reply] [d/l] [select]