How is this new 'standard' better than the standard HTTP 301 permanent redirect response?
To quote Dave W "An HTTP-level redirect is done by returning a 301 status code, according to the HTTP standard. However, people who don't run their own servers may not be able to do this kind of redirect; or may not know how to do it. For those situations we have defined a simple way to do an XML-level redirect, that's totally under the control of person who creates content, and requires no support from system administrators." BBC World Service clearly have enough control of their servers not to require this. I would be surprised if implementation of this XML redirect is widespread. SharpReader definitely doesn't support it (I had to manually switch feeds when Ben switched over). However 301's are treated as redirects by all the aggregators we've tried out and so all subscribers get the content. The only issue we have found is that, as Ross mentioned, some aggregators do not treat them as permanent redirects. This is clearly a bug in the implementation of those aggregators and we would expect this to be fixed in due course for all popular aggregators. Joel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Hinde Sent: 27 June 2005 17:17 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [backstage] Change of URL's for Language news feeds > Where http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/feed/ is the url of the > new feed. You've got Kosso's mate Dave W to thank for this "standard" > I believe (http://radio.userland.com/stories/storyReader$19964). Most > newsreaders will also update their feed url information when served > this Dave W's docs only refer to NetNewsWire support - does anyone have a full list of aggregators which support it? - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html.
