Re: [syndication] shared feed lists

["Dave Winer" <dave@userland.com>]

Roger, this is not instead of RSD, it's in addition to RSD.

Key point. We're not trying to replace other discovery methods, just add a
way to discover lots of feeds.

It's specifically disclaimed.

http://tinyurl.com/qvwt

Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger B." <rogben@swbell.net>
To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:00 AM
Subject: RE: [syndication] shared feed lists


> > Now please explain why is the first approach more efficient.
>
> Dave,
>
> I doubt it will *always* be more efficient, but in many cases, the
> aggregator has already fetched the HTML to search for standard RSS
> autodiscovery markup. Looking for a subscription link while you're there
> seems logical. And if you don't find one, it makes sense to me to *then*
> fall back to looking for a default file.
>
> And again, a single, fixed-location file just doesn't work in some
> environments. I don't generate static files, for starters. Then there's
the
> fact that freebie accounts don't get their own domains... they just get
> subdirectories. And since any user can generate custom feeds that the
parent
> app doesn't know about, I can't just stockpile a master list somewhere.
>
> For example, search-derived feeds...
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?X1B161536 brings up a feed containing all of
my
> blog's RSS-Data posts. There's no way for Roger the administrator to know
> that Roger the blogger wants to give visitors easy access to that
particular
> feed. In order for him to get any value out of myPublicFeeds, Roger the
> blogger needs to be able to decide for himself what he wants to expose as
a
> collection.
>
> (And while it's an edge case, there's another scenario that would lead to
> confusion. If a user chooses not to publish a feed at all by blanking out
> her default RSS template, there's no straightforward, programmatic way for
> me to know about it. So even if I had the static file at the webroot with
a
> master list of all feeds, the user might end up with an empty document
> rather than RSS. Sounds crazy I know, but I've seen people who *really*
> don't like the idea of syndication.)
>
> --
> Roger Benningfield
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