Content syndication makes part or all of a site's content available for use by other services.

precursor to rss is mcf

yesss...netscape launced rss

rss as push for non-branded free information

CMS- content management system

uniform resource indentifier (URI)

rss 1.0 added namespaces - just like the namespaces used in c++

rss documents are layed out like typical xml documents

rss feeds can be created with perl

rss also has modules to use similar to perl

the latest version of rss - 2.0 is the simplest.

perl can easily parse rss data into xhtml

sample feed parse to sms:

"#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use LWP::Simple;
use XML::Simple;
use WWW::SMS;
   
# Take the command line arguments, URL first, then complete number of mobile
my $url=$ARGV[0];
my $number=$ARGV[1];
   
# Retrieve the feed, or die disgracefully
my $feed_to_parse = get ($url) or die "I can't get the feed you want";
   
# Parse the XML
my $parser = XML::Simple->new(  );
my $rss = $parser->XMLin("$feed_to_parse");
   
# Get the data we want
my $message = "NEWSFLASH:: $rss->{'channel'}->{'item'}->[0]->{'title'}";
   
# Send the message
my @gateway = WWW::SMS->gateways(  );
my $sms = WWW::SMS->new($number, $message);
foreach my $gateway(@gateway) {if ($sms->send($gateway)) {
          print 'Message sent!';
            last;
     } else {
          print "Error: $WWW::SMS::Error\n";
     }}"
     
author is on the syndic8 street team...jk

example custom module:

"<item>
  <title>Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom</title>
  <link>http://isbn.nu/0765304368/</link>
  <dc:author>Cory Doctorow</dc:author>
  <dc:publisher>Tor Books</dc:publisher>
  <book:isbn>0765304368</book:isbn>
  <dc:subject>Fiction</dc:subject>
  <dc:date>2003-02-01T00:01+00:00</dc:date>
  <book:openingPara> I lived long enough to see the cure for death; to see the rise of the 
Bitchun Society, to learn ten languages; to compose three symphonies; to realize my 
boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World; to see the death of the workplace 
and of work.</book:openingPara>
</item>"

book is kind of outdated already....