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At 15:21 31/01/2004, Robert Koberg wrote: >Hi, > >What is the general best practice when providing newsfeeds with regard to >type (RSS, Atom, ?) and version (RSS - v.91, 1.0, 2.0)? > >If you could only provide one, which would you choose with regard to mass >appeal? > >Is this simply too political/philosophical a question to get good answers? Apparently yes. No idea what stats if any, are available. >Is it a good idea to provide all versions or is it overkill? IMHO overkill. The feed readers can (mostly ) sort out the mess of receiving 3 different formats. (Just don't use escaped content :-) >What are some good sites to learn about best practices in this area? What >are some good books? IMHO you'll get terrific bias on most sites :0) >We are going to add a newsfeed capability to our app. I am thinking of two >ways to give the functionality to our users: >1. just generate all popular versions >2. give them a property/attribute to select a type+version (defaulting to >the one with the most mass appeal) Pick a format and abide with it.... for the time being. Others might appreciate it when processing if you produce valid XML, then when fashions change its easier to process. HTH DaveP
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