Re: [syndication] RSS Modularization Demonstration

[Rael Dornfest <rael@oreilly.com>]

Hi,

On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Dave Winer wrote:

> >>If we go in this direction, I think we should also consider using a
> protocol (SOAP ?) to allow a feed to be notified when there is a new post
> related to an item.
> 
> That's a very good idea, and it's orthogonal to this "direction". I plan to

I don't see why.  The "direction" I believe we're headed is an extensible
RSS, backward compatible with existing RSS 0.91 -- based on the simple
requirement that basic RSS modules and libraries ignore what they weren't
built to understand.

> write a spec for publish-and-subscribe via RSS by adding to the header of a
> channel enough information for a syndicator to contact a publisher saying "I
> want to be notified of any changes to this item." I haven't written the spec

Would this be added to the core RSS spec or alongside it somehow?

> yet, so this is not a RFC, just a heads-up saying "I'm interested in this
> too."

"C" is what this process is all about ;-)

...

Rael

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