Re: Where do you think I should start?

["Ben Hammersley <ben@benhammersley.com>" <ben@benhammersley.com>]

--- In syndication@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Kearney" <ml_yahoo@i...> wrote:
> Ben Hammersley's got a book coming out in April.  Meanwhile there is
a Chapter
> in the XML Handbook that discusses RSS.
> 

Thanks, Bill. Yes, it's true. (In fact, I note from the O'Reilly site
that it might be coming out earlier. March, now. Not that anyone has
told me anything, mind.):

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/consynrss/index.html


> As for 'rolling your own' it's not terribly hard.  But consider
there are a
> number of subtleties to XML that can trip you up.  Things like case
sensitivity
> and character encoding are important.  Then it's just a matter of
putting
> 'enough' data into your feed that makes it useful.  There are
channel header
> things and extra item things.  Start by looking at the reference
section I
> manage on Syndic8.com:
> http://www.syndic8.com/documents.php
> 
> That should give you enough to get things going.
> 

Just what I was going to say. You might also look at the Dmoz category:

http://dmoz.org/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Technical_Services/Cataloguing/Metadata/RDF/Applications/RSS/

I used to edit it - in fact, does any one feel like taking it over?
It's free now - and it's full of good stuff.

And don't forget to ask questions here. We like them. Even the daft
ones: they  always catch us out in new and interesting ways. :-)

Ben