Re: NITF XML feeds

["mikerocks65" <kynast@ix.netcom.com>]

Likely XSLT is something I need to learn.  It seems way too much to 
go through for what should be a simple conversion.   I would also 
hate to find out after spending time figuring out XSLT that I cannot 
automatic it.

This is why I was looking for a php or perl script, like the many 
that are out there for RSS.  Maybe I need to look closer at these 
scripts and see if I can re-write them for NITF rather than messing 
around with XSLT.

Either way more time then I wanted to spend on this and likely my 
time is better spent sticking to scrapping method.

--- In syndication@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Karben" <sportsnews@x> 
wrote:
> > --- In syndication@yahoogroups.com, Julian Bond <julian_bond@v...>
> > wrote:
> > > I think what you need to do is to bitch and 
> > > moan and complain and chivvy them into providing an RSS feed 
for 
> > > customers.
> 
> --- In syndication@yahoogroups.com, "Pavel Kalinov" <pavka14@y...> 
> wrote:
> > I did. And, to quote the Apache server documentation, 
got "politely
> > but firmly ignored".
> 
> I'd recommend that any news publisher using NITF seriously consider 
> using RSS for the LISTING of what's available, and just have the 
RSS 
> <link> values point to the NITF version of the file. Alternatively, 
> for a boatload of more functionality (but with more complexity), 
the 
> NewsML standard is also designed to package up groups of available 
> documents.
> 
> As was written previously, XSLT is a good way to go to convert NITF 
> into customized HTML. We've posted a "starter" NITF-to-HTML XSLT 
> stylesheet up at <http://www.nitf.org>.
> 
> Alan Karben
> Chairman, NITF
> 
> President
> XML Team Solutions, Inc.
> All-Stars at Sports Data Integration
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