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Re: [syndication] SWML
In article <20010905160014.L17336@negwo.eastcore.net>, Rick Bradley
<roundeye@roundeye.net> writes
>To get this kind of adoption a document containing the following needs
>to reach people capable of making it so at any given site using any
>given CMS (the bulk of which I contend are likely to be more
>home-grown than off-the-shelf):
Hmm, what about all the slashclone code, manila, through cold fusion, MS
CMS, up to documentum, vignette, bladerunner etc. Anyone writing their
own CMS now for a single web site needs their head examined. And in
general, for commercial content sites they don't use a home grown
solution at all, at all.
> - a terse and dead-simple explanation of why RSS matters to those
> who will pay for its integration (it has a cost whether we wish to
> accept it or not):
>
> "If you add RSS support to your site you will get X, Y, and Z.
> These are things which will obviously increase your {bottom-line,
> advertising exposure, good kharma, etc.}."
>
> - A short and dead-simple description of what a typical web site would
> emit as RSS of a /single/ specific version. This would ideally show
> mock-up HTML content and a 1:1 correspondence between the HTML elements
> in the mock-up and their corresponding RSS elements.
>
> - A short and dead-simple set of instructions on where to put the RSS feed,
> and how often to update it.
>
> - Links to already-built tools, and more in-depth resources.
>
>Does such a document exist? If yes, then it's not available enough to
>those who might consider using RSS. If not, then one needs to be
>written.
http://www.voidstar.com/rssfaq
http://blogspace.com/rss
http://www.purplepages.ie/RSS/
I'm sure all three would welcome any input that provided the above. The
first one is built in a CMS where you can comment and suggest changes or
additions directly.
One of the side effects of the Syndic8 project is hopefully going to be
more people, contacting more potential sources of RSS and they will need
to answer the same questions repeatedly. "Available enough" perhaps
means "sufficiently promoted".
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