RE: [syndication] A message to the lurkers on the list

["Mike Cannon-Brookes" <mike@bookmarkbox.com>]

I have tens of Java classes / beans / EJBs (even!) to support RSS, but
they're all pretty much homegrown. I might think about clearing one
implementation up and releasing it if there's interest?

Mike

PS Who would want to abuse an SMH headline? ;)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brendan Quinn [mailto:bquinn@theage.fairfax.com.au]
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 2:00 PM
> To: syndication@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [syndication] A message to the lurkers on the list
>
>
> Tristan Louis wrote:
> > To me syndication means sharing your information. It can be for
> including
> > within a web site or for some other sort of manipulation. The
> advantage of
> > syndication, from my point of view, is that it provides syndicators a
> > chance to expand the brand beyond their own site.
>
> So everyone, is there a real or perceived difference between the idea of
> giving away your information, versus giving away *links* to your
> information?
>
> I work at a big media company and when I start talking syndication,
> everyone gets frightened, as they think I'm talking about giving away
> our stories to whoever wants them. But what I'm really talking about is
> RSS-style linking. I usually use the word "distribution" but that has
> the same connotations.
>
> Our editorial people are usually happy to give away headlines and URLs
> (although they would like people to sign agreements or something, so
> that our headlines aren't "abused"). Giving away stories for free is a
> big no-no. Even giving away abstracts is an issue, as the abstracts are
> usually part of the stories, and the author deserves payment if their
> work is republished elsewhere, even just one sentence.
>
> Talking RSS advocacy:
>
> As far as getting the big players to accept RSS, it's up to us as a
> group to see what else is out there, and work out how RSS fits in. The
> IPTC guys are working on NewsML, which has some crossover... As just
> discussed, ICE can be used with RSS... there may be other formats?
>
> And support software is the next step. The RSS Perl module is a good
> step, has anyone built a Java class/bean to support RSS?
>
> Regards,
>
> Brendan.
>
>
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