Re: [syndication] Re: Redirecting RSS

["Bill Kearney" <ml_yahoo@ideaspace.net>]

> A useful answer which should work fine on the RSS 1.0 feed BUT (and
> isn't there always a but :)  ) RSS .91 does not support namespaces
> hence it is impossible to use a DC method to redirect those feeds. The
> interesting thing here is the constraint. I don't want to create a
> "broken" RSS .91 implementation and introducing a DC element would
> break it.

Correct, in 0.9x there's not a 'valid' way to add new elements.  Many feeds put
in a lone item that says "HEY I'VE MOVED THIS TO x".  My suggestion about using
DC was to allow the URL at 'x' to contain a back reference to the old one.  This
way a reader smart enough to see the tag could double-check that it's not still
reading the old one.  Using HTTP redirection is the only way to 'force' dumb
programs to still get content.  Many are supposedly checking the redirects and
rearranging their subscription URLs accordingly.

> BTW, all my feeds on syndic8 have been marked (I added a note to them
> about redirect) but FYI, they were Syndic8 ID 2169 and 2461.

Now they're redirected to:
http://www.syndic8.com/feedinfo.php?FeedID=22627

-Bill Kearney