Re: [syndication] Synidcation standards

[Ian Graham <ian.graham@utoronto.ca>]

Hi Joe --

I have a list of syndication-related references at:

http://www.java.utoronto.ca/news/references.html

I'm afraid the term 'syndication' has multiple meanings -- to the 
RSS (and many other groups) it refers to syndcation of news headlines,
whereas to others (like me) it refers to more generic syndication of 
many different types of data. The project referenced at the preceding
URL is interested in the latter issue, but the aforementioned
reference pages notes most of the news-specific dialects.

Hope this helps --

Ian
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Ian Graham ..........................  http://www.utoronto.ca/ian/
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On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 joe@bignightin.com wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm relatively new to the world of content syndication and XML.  I'm 
> starting to look at strategies to syndicate my content to third-
> parties, ranging from small mom-and-pop sites to, potentially, the 
> big portals (Yahoo!, Lycos et al), and the question I'm facing is 
> this: what standards should I adopt to keep as many doors open as 
> possible.
> 
> * What do the big players like Yahoo! prefer?  Or is it a completely 
> ad hoc process with them?
> * What can I do as a syndicator, to make my content as accessible as 
> possible to subscribers with little or no technical skills.
> 
> BTW, we're a ColdFusion house if that makes any difference.
> 
> Any thoughts on this, or links to useful resources would be 
> appreciated.
> 
> Joe
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