RE: [syndication] Re: Being kind to clients

["Content-Wire" <editor@content-wire.com>]

It would help if the feeds started including frequency values.  This
would allow the clients to adopt a polling scheme that best suited
that of the feed.
We provide authorized client with a url where info is listed, also ocs file
below

As for date ranges, if a feed has info that they consider valuable to
have available outside of the regularly polled interval
Yes but that would be an exception, not a rule. I am sure handling
exceptions requires a next stage of development,
then a URL accepting parameters would probably be a better idea.

Probably, can you explain how and why?

This does raise a question, what would it take for feed sources to
provide a 'lightweight' indicator of feed status? What could be done to
allow a client program to make a very small inquiry instead of a full poll?
Please let me know when you find out!
(Our refresh info is listed I a ocs Please note that this idea, whether good
or bad is not mine but of Markus who implemented our requirements playing
freely with the tools available (rss, rdf ocs etc)
 I take the liberty on his behalf of pasting some of (his) code, considering
he has done this work open standards. Would this be a good idea? Is this
addressing your point?
Regards
PDM

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