Registered: Aug 1999
Location: Inverness, FL
Posts: 428

We just built an XML feed of our headlines (similar to the old JavaScript Feed http://www.visorcentral.com/page/0-2-567-2.htm )

It is located at:
http://www.visorcentral.com/syndicate/xmlfeed.php

Let me know if you find any problems with it.

Thanks,

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<B>Marcus Adolfsson</B>
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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

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Originally posted by marcus
It is located at:
http://www.visorcentral.com/syndicate/xmlfeed.php

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God bless America, my home sweet home...

Registered: May 2000
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 1429

That's the way it's supposed to be. It's supposed to have code, with little red expander contractor things. IF it does, IT wors, It works fine for me in IE 5.5 so..

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-miradu

Registered: Feb 2000
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I get the code in red brackets, so according to miradu, then it works beautifully.

BEN

Registered: Dec 2000
Location: East Coast, USA
Posts: 134

yep good xml

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brandon
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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

Ok... me stupid!!!

If this is correct XML format, what is it (or I) supposed to do? I admit I know nothing about XML...

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
- <visorcentalfeed>
- <article id="914">
<cluster>News</cluster>
<headline_text>NCR sues Palm & Handspring</headline_text>
<document_url>http://www.visorcentral.com/page/0-2-914-2.htm</document_url>
<summary>According to this Reuters article, NCR is suing Palm and Handspring for alleged patent violations on two of NCR's patents. Here is the abstract for the 1987 US Patent 4,634,845:A system including a ...</summary>
<pub_date>March 15th, 2001</pub_date>
</article>

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God bless America, my home sweet home...

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 289

Given the structured nature of XML, you can do a variety of things with it .. you could, for example, setup a database that would read that page and add new records into the database .. you could create an XML Stylesheet (XSLT) and have it basically churn the XML data into a legiable pseudo-HTML document ..

I think one of the biggest reasons for using XML in this fashion is so people can access and manipulate data over the web without having direct access to the backend database structure/format/etc... In this regard, it provides the raw data of what is already formatted in the Javascript feed so you could ultimately reformat the information in any way you see fit for your use.

Joe

PS -- check out www.xml.com for additional info

Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Cambridge, England, UK
Posts: 44

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check out www.xml.com for additional info [/B]

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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

I think I'm starting to understand this... I can take the XML feed, parse it according to the known tags, and then use the content, for example, on my own web page... interesting concept.

You learn something new everyday... (and they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks!)

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God bless America, my home sweet home...

Registered: May 2000
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 1429

Old dog? Mark your under 50, anyways it's your B-day today..

THe biggest thing about XML is is that it only controls content. So the same source document could be used o na Visor, or a PC. It's the parsers that do all the work. VERY COOL.

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-miradu

Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 37

Does anyone know what happened to this? Are there any plans for a more standard RSS feed?