Re: very basic question

[majo@textlab.de]

At the beginning of this thread I warned you that I ask stupid questions ;-.  

Thanks,
manfred

--- In syndication@y..., "Dave Winer" <dave@u...> wrote:
> 4. What magazine are you writing for? Why do we need to be warned?
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <majo@t...>
> To: <syndication@y...>
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 9:32 AM
> Subject: [syndication] Re: very basic question
> 
> 
> >
> > I had the impression that just any html site could read and display rss
> files with the
> > help of some scripts or maybe browser plugins. From what I see, it seems
> you
> > acctually need to register, you need specialised software and a fair
> amount of
> > knowledge. I understand that some thousand people are now doing
> syndication.
> > Whats missing to make this a real mass medium? Why is Microsoft 
envolved
> in
> > this? Can you help me to get a birds eye view please. I am looking for
> information
> > for an article in a major political/technological magazine in Europe. Any
> information
> > in this direction would be extremely helpful.
> >
> > I've warned you ;-) Thanks again.
> > Manfred
> >
> > --- In syndication@y..., "Dave Winer" <dave@u...> wrote:
> > > Craig's tutorials are real eye-openers..
> > >
> > > Now, to your next question -- that varies from environment to
> environment.
> > >
> > > In Manila, we have a macro called viewRssBox that does the job.
> > >
> > > http://macros.userland.com/basic/viewRssBox
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <majo@t...>
> > > To: <syndication@y...>
> > > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 5:36 AM
> > > Subject: [syndication] Re: very basic question
> > >
> > >
> > > > this has been very helpful indeed. Its somehow not so easy to get 
the
> big
> > > picture,
> > > > while treading water in an ocean of details...;-)
> > > >
> > > > In between I've read/heard/seen a very nice tutorial by Craig Burton
> > > > http://www.craigburton.com/2001/04/18 which helped as well. I even
> managed
> > > to
> > > > publish and read RSS directly between a web site and my Radio 
desktop!
> > > >
> > > > OK, what if I want news to be syndicated from a web site not to a
> desktop
> > > machine but
> > > > to another web site? Say I'd publish news regualarly on my site and
> would
> > > like people
> > > > to subscribe to it and re-publish these (my) news on their web site? I
> > > suppose that
> > > > some Java or Javascript thingys would do the translation from RSS to
> html.
> > > Is this
> > > > right, and could you point me to such scripts, if they exist?
> > > >
> > > > Tkx many in advance,
> > > > Manfred
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In syndication@y..., "Dave Winer" <dave@u...> wrote:
> > > > > To subscribe to a channel on a peer-to-peer basis all the subscriber
> > > needs
> > > > > to know is the URL of the XMLization of the channel. A lot of us are
> > > putting
> > > > > little XML graphics on our sites that point to our XML files. You
> can
> > > see it
> > > > > in the right edge of www.scripting.com, it's white on orange. Dave
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: <majo@t...>
> > > > > To: <syndication@y...>
> > > > > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 9:55 PM
> > > > > Subject: [syndication] very basic question
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am a journalist and as such privileged to ask questions that are
> > > > > > obviously stupid. So please forgive my ignorance. I've done a bit
> of
> > > > > research
> > > > > > on rss, bloggs, syndication etc., and looked into Manila, Radio,
> etc.
> > > and
> > > > > > works of people like Aaron Swartz, Bob Green and others. Now 
this
> > > question
> > > > > > is left over: does all this inevitably require an aggregator like
> > > > > my.userland, or
> > > > > > is a sort of peer2peer syndication possible? Can I invite people
> to
> > > share
> > > > > my
> > > > > > news directly without the need to sign into a central 
switchboard?
> > > What
> > > > > > Aaron calls "blogify your page" seems to describe one half of 
what
> I
> > > mean.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Or am I just missing something?
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > majo
> > > > > >
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