Re: NITF XML feeds

["mikerocks65" <kynast@ix.netcom.com>]

Nope, no master file listed in the directory.  


--- In syndication@yahoogroups.com, Julian Bond <julian_bond@v...> 
wrote:
> Pavel Kalinov <pavka14@y...> wrote:
> >--- In syndication@yahoogroups.com, "mikerocks65" <kynast@i...> 
wrote:
> >> As it turns out I am finding it on more sites than expected using
> >> NITF instead of RSS. It seems NZ Herald, AFP and several others 
so
> >> far I found using NITF.
> >>
> >
> >Even if you manage to parse it, there's another problem I'd like to
> >see the solution to. NZ Herald have an *enormous* directory of 
files
> >(the directory listing took like 4 or 5 megabytes of download!), 
and
> >every item is at its own URL. So how does my parser know where to 
get
> >the file from? It's at a different URL every time?
> 
> NITF is what you might call a professional format for *syndicating* 
news 
> between news publications. I think what you need to do is to bitch 
and 
> moan and complain and chivvy them into providing an RSS feed for 
> customers. Solving the NITF to RSS browser problem will just 
prolong 
> their feeling that they don't need to do customer level syndication 
> because they already produce XML.
> 
> Pure guesswork but I bet there's a file somewhere in that 5Mb that 
lists 
> the items or lists the most recent item.
> 
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