Beginning RSS and Atom Programming
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
776 pages
978-0-7645-7916-5 (ISBN)
Description
* RSS, RDF, Atom, and Dublin Core are all types of information-feed specifications that deliver Web content to aggregators for other sites to index and help feed-reader applications track frequent site posts
* Google tracks 1.4 million RSS feeds, and there are approximately 250,000 additional feeds powered by Atom, a newer protocol
* Features numerous hands-on "hacks" that help developers make the most of the information feed protocols
* Google tracks 1.4 million RSS feeds, and there are approximately 250,000 additional feeds powered by Atom, a newer protocol
* Features numerous hands-on "hacks" that help developers make the most of the information feed protocols
More details
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Mixed media
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 19 cm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1139 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7645-7916-5 (9780764579165)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Danny Ayers is a freelance developer, technical author, and consultant specializing in cutting-edge Web technologies. He has worked with XML since its early days and got drawn into RSS development around four years ago. He is an active member of the Atom Working Group, the Semantic Web Interest Group, and various other Web-related community groups and organizations. He has been a regular blogger for several years, generally posting on technical or feline issues. Originally from Tideswell in the north of England, he now lives in a village near Lucca in Northern Italy with his wife, Caroline, a dog, and a herd of cats.
Andrew Watt is an independent consultant and computer book author with an interest and expertise in various XML technologies. Currently, he is focusing primarily on the use of XML in Microsoft technologies. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Microsoft InfoPath 2003.
Andrew Watt is an independent consultant and computer book author with an interest and expertise in various XML technologies. Currently, he is focusing primarily on the use of XML in Microsoft technologies. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Microsoft InfoPath 2003.
Content
Acknowledgments.
Foreword by Dare Obasanjo.
Foreword by Greg Reinacker.
Introduction.
Part I: Understanding the Issues and Taking Control.
Chapter 1: Managing the Flow of Information: A Crucial Skill.
Chapter 2: Where Did Information Feeds Start?
Chapter 3: The Content Provider Viewpoint.
Chapter 4: The Content Recipient Viewpoint.
Chapter 5: Storing, Retrieving, and Exporting Information.
Part II: The Technologies.
Chapter 6: Essentials of XML.
Chapter 7: Atom 0.3.
Chapter 8: RSS 0.91 and RSS 0.92.
Chapter 9: RSS 1.0.
Chapter 10: RSS 1.0 Modules.
Chapter 11: RDF: The Resource Description Framework.
Chapter 12: RSS 2.0: Really Simple Syndication.
Chapter 13: Looking Forward to Atom 1.0.
Part III: The Tools.
Chapter 14: Feed Production Using Blogging Tools.
Chapter 15: Aggregators and Similar Tools.
Chapter 16: Long-Term Storage of Information.
Chapter 17: Online Tools.
Chapter 18: Language-Specific Developer Tools.
Part IV: The Tasks.
Chapter 19: Systematic Overview.
Chapter 20: Modeling Feed Data.
Chapter 21: Storing Feed Data.
Chapter 22: Consuming Feeds.
Chapter 23: Parsing Feeds.
Chapter 24: Producing Feeds.
Chapter 25: Queries and Transformations.
Chapter 26: The Blogging Client.
Chapter 27: Building Your Own Planet.
Chapter 28: Building a Desktop Aggregator.
Chapter 29: Social Syndication.
Chapter 30: Additional Content.
Chapter 31: Loose Ends, Loosely Coupled.
Chapter 32: What Lies Ahead in Information Management.
Appendix A: Answers to Exercises.
Appendix B: Useful Online Resources.
Appendix C: Glossary.
Index.
Foreword by Dare Obasanjo.
Foreword by Greg Reinacker.
Introduction.
Part I: Understanding the Issues and Taking Control.
Chapter 1: Managing the Flow of Information: A Crucial Skill.
Chapter 2: Where Did Information Feeds Start?
Chapter 3: The Content Provider Viewpoint.
Chapter 4: The Content Recipient Viewpoint.
Chapter 5: Storing, Retrieving, and Exporting Information.
Part II: The Technologies.
Chapter 6: Essentials of XML.
Chapter 7: Atom 0.3.
Chapter 8: RSS 0.91 and RSS 0.92.
Chapter 9: RSS 1.0.
Chapter 10: RSS 1.0 Modules.
Chapter 11: RDF: The Resource Description Framework.
Chapter 12: RSS 2.0: Really Simple Syndication.
Chapter 13: Looking Forward to Atom 1.0.
Part III: The Tools.
Chapter 14: Feed Production Using Blogging Tools.
Chapter 15: Aggregators and Similar Tools.
Chapter 16: Long-Term Storage of Information.
Chapter 17: Online Tools.
Chapter 18: Language-Specific Developer Tools.
Part IV: The Tasks.
Chapter 19: Systematic Overview.
Chapter 20: Modeling Feed Data.
Chapter 21: Storing Feed Data.
Chapter 22: Consuming Feeds.
Chapter 23: Parsing Feeds.
Chapter 24: Producing Feeds.
Chapter 25: Queries and Transformations.
Chapter 26: The Blogging Client.
Chapter 27: Building Your Own Planet.
Chapter 28: Building a Desktop Aggregator.
Chapter 29: Social Syndication.
Chapter 30: Additional Content.
Chapter 31: Loose Ends, Loosely Coupled.
Chapter 32: What Lies Ahead in Information Management.
Appendix A: Answers to Exercises.
Appendix B: Useful Online Resources.
Appendix C: Glossary.
Index.