Re: [syndication] What to call the RSS file

[Morbus Iff <morbus@disobey.com>]

>Is there a convention or a Good Way to name the RRS file? It seems there are
>every kind out there, including backend.php, rss.xml, xml.rss foo.txt etc
>etc. I suppose it doesn't matter, but just in case it does...

My choice is to end it with ".xml".

"backend.php" almost assumes that you're using some PHP-Nuke type of thing, 
which allows some URL based parameters. Naming it that may cause some 
people to try and use those URL based parameters and that will (of course) 
cause confusion.

I wouldn't name it with ".rss" because "RSS" may be named something 
different in the future, and if you ever decide to change your format to 
something else, then again, ".rss" assumes something based on the filename 
alone.

I'd call it something like "headlines.xml" or "syndication.xml".


Morbus Iff
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