Isaac, Cloud has been around for awhile, but really hasn't gained much popularity. It adds alot of complexity to consuming a feed (requiring the consumer to setup web services). I'm not sure how many news readers support it, I doubt many at all considering you pretty much need a static IP. I think for public RSS feeds its probably not going to be utilized much at all.
However for private feeds, say within corporate intranets where you have some level of control over the consumers, then you can save alot of bandwidth. -Adam On 7/25/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I noticed that the information about RSS 2.0[.1] has been updated on > the harvard site since the last time I looked, and they've added a > publish-subscribe mechanism called a "cloud". I'm curious to know if a > lot of people are using or wanting to use clouds, or if when > implementing an RSS feed I should just continue to focus on pubDate, > lastBuildDate and ttl (time to live) as mechanisms for broadcasting > content updates? > > I'm also thinking about including the RSS <img> tag in my updated RSS > feeds, which of course, requires additional user-input as well. I'm > thinking the image being provided in RSS feeds can also be insinuated > into the user-defined layout (or skin) for the blog, so the extra > input shouldn't seem too strange to a less technical user, but I'm > hesitant to introduce input elements for "clouds" if most folks will > just see the (optional) form elements and say "WTF?! This is too > complicated!". > > The context for this is blog software (currently) if it matters. > > If you're scratching your head, but interested, the info is here: > > http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss > > Thanks, > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:212756 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
