Re: XML syndication

----- Original Message -----
From: "jalal" <the_jalal(at)fastmail.fm>
To: "HWG Techniques Mailing list" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Cc: "Mike Taylor" <lonewolf(at)one.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: XML syndication


Thanks for the real-world example, Jalal.  I can see --even in the context
of how we distribute information to our alliances-- how this would be useful
for developers.

>
> Yes, you do still need to have a bit of technical 'nous' for this, but
> its a hell of a lot simpler than parsing an ever changing HTML page...
> There are many parsers available to plug into whatever server scripts
> you are running. If you use the RSS format, then it really is almost as
> simple as "plugging it in".

Regarding RSS:  from what I've looked up, that is a standard first conceived
by Netscape.  Is RSS actually a W3C standard or is it's future still in
flux?  The articles I read left me believing this format might either become
a standard or not get adopted at all.  I saw references to RDF on the W3C
site, and I know that RSS stands for RDF Site Summary, but I'm not clear on
whether assurances have been made this will remain a standard.

Mike

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