beginning rss and atom programming

[...]... Feeds Start? The Nature of the Web 13 13 HTTP HTML XML Polling the Web 14 14 14 14 Precursors to RSS 17 MCF and HotSauce Netscape Channels The Microsoft Channel Definition Format 17 17 18 RSS: An Acronym with Multiple Meanings 18 RSS 0.9 RSS 0.91 RSS 1.0 RSS 0.92, 0.93, and 0.94 RSS 2.0 Use of RSS and Atom Versions Summary Exercises Chapter 3: The Content Provider Viewpoint Why Give Your Content Away?... and that those who write effective software to help users manage information flows will likely succeed where others fail Beginning RSS and Atom Programming is intended to help you understand the issues that face the user community and, by extension, the developer community By understanding user needs you will be better placed to write software to meet those needs RSS, in its various versions, and Atom. .. will need to understand in order to create and manipulate information feeds ❑ Chapter 6 discusses the essentials of XML Both RSS and Atom information feeds must follow the rules of XML syntax ❑ Chapter 7 discusses Atom 0.3 ❑ Chapter 8 discusses RSS 0.91 and 0.92 Both of these specifications avoid XML namespaces and RDF ❑ Chapter 9 discusses RSS 1.0, which uses both XML namespaces and RDF ❑ Chapter 10... tool Understanding the detail of information feed formats and how to manipulate information feeds will be foundational to many upcoming pieces of software This book aims to equip you with the understanding and skills to understand information feed formats and to use RSS and Atom feeds effectively in the software you write Whom This Book Is For This book is for people who know that they and the people... this is to write code to generate RSS/ Atom feeds from these systems This book is about helping you understand RSS and Atom, navigating the maze of different versions of these protocols, and demonstrating ways to create and use these feeds As you proceed through the book, you’ll probably think of more places where you could create feeds to expose information to your users And you’ll learn that it’s usually... RSS 0.91 and RSS 0.92 81 What Is RSS 0.91? The RSS 0.91 Document Structure 82 82 The rss Element The channel Element x 83 83 Contents Required Child Elements of channel Optional Child Elements of channel The image Element The textInput Element The item Element Introducing RSS 0.92 The RSS 0.92 Document Structure New Child Elements of the item Element The cloud Element Summary Exercises Chapter 9: RSS. .. Exercises Chapter 9: RSS 1.0 What Is RSS 1.0? 83 84 85 85 86 87 87 87 88 88 88 89 89 RSS 1.0 Is RDF RSS 1.0 Uses XML Namespaces RSS 1.0 Uses Modules 90 90 91 The RSS 1.0 Document Structure 91 The The The The The channel Element items Element image Element item Element textinput Element Some Real-World RSS 1.0 Summary Exercise Chapter 10: RSS 1.0 Modules RSS Modules The RSS 1.0 Official Modules RDF Parser... efficiently and effectively In addition, you will be introduced to the details of the widely used feed formats, the various versions of RSS and Atom that are already in use or are upcoming You will also be shown many practical techniques using RSS to create and manipulate information feeds To use and process information feeds effectively you need to gain a grasp of many issues This book is called Beginning RSS. .. Related What RDF Is Used For RDF and RSS 1.0 RDF Vocabularies 111 112 112 112 113 113 114 115 115 116 117 Dublin Core FOAF 117 117 RDF Toolkits 118 Jena Redland RDFLib rdfdata.org 118 118 118 118 Summary Chapter 12: RSS 2.0: Really Simple Syndication What Is RSS 2.0? XML Namespaces in RSS 2.0 New Elements in RSS 2.0 118 121 121 122 122 The RSS 2.0 Document Structure 122 The rss Element The channel Element... tools support either RSS or Atom, and Weblogs themselves have enjoyed major exposure in the mainstream media Recent research shows that the majority of Internet users read at least one Weblog, and a large and growing number use some form of aggregator to read syndicated content And commercial publishers have embraced RSS enthusiastically; the largest publishers are either supporting RSS on their sites . h0" alt="" Beginning RSS and Atom Programming Danny Ayers Andrew Watt 01_579169 ffirs.qxd 3/31/05 12:26 PM Page i 01_579169 ffirs.qxd 3/31/05 12:26 PM Page vi Beginning RSS and Atom Programming Danny. 14 Precursors to RSS 17 MCF and HotSauce 17 Netscape Channels 17 The Microsoft Channel Definition Format 18 RSS: An Acronym with Multiple Meanings 18 RSS 0.9 19 RSS 0.91 19 RSS 1.0 19 RSS 0.92, 0.93, and. Data Ayers, Danny. Beginning RSS and atom programming / Danny Ayers, Andrew Watt. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-7916-5 ISBN-10: 0-7645-7916-9 (paper/website) 1. Internet programming. 2.