Re: [RSS-DEV] RE: [syndication] Master RSS List, Merging, and Updating...

[Ian Davis <ian@calaba.com>]

On Monday, February 26, 2001, 4:56:30 PM, Jeff wrote:

>   <alias>
>     <url>http://alchemy.openjava.org/alchemyRSS91.XML.xml</url> 
>     <url>http://alchemy.openjava.org/alchemyrss-e.xml</url> 
>     <url>http://alchemy.openjava.org/alchemyrss.xml</url> 
>     <url>http://alchemy.openjava.org/alchemyrss91.xml</url> 
>     <url>http://internetalchemy.org/rss.php3</url> 
>     <url>http://theweb.startshere.net/channels/2/RSS91.XML</url> 
>     <url>http://theweb.startshere.net/channels/264/RSS91.XML</url> 
>     <url>http://www.fdc.co.uk/alchemy/alchemyrss.xml</url> 
>   </alias>
Ugh!

Since these are all mine I should perhaps explain...

I don't know where the first one comes from - some strange aggregator?
The domain alchemy.openjava.org no longer exists, nor does
theweb.startshere.net.

They may all contain the same content but they are(were) certainly all
different formats. 2) was an experimental addition to RSS about 18
months ago, 3 was RSS 0.90, 4 was RSS 0.91, 5 is whatever the latest
format supported is, 6 and 7 were equivilents of 3 and 4 but the
numbers of items shown was user configurable and you could set date
ranges as well, so the content was potentially different. Number 8
brings a lump to my throat - it was the first RSS feed I ever
produced.

It's all irrelevant anyway since Internet Alchemy went on hiatus.


Ian

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