At 10:05 AM 9/9/2004, you wrote: >If you're using textinput then give yourself a pat on the back, as you're >among the rare few that do. > >There is next to no support for textinput in most aggregator programs. It's >one of those 'cool ideas' that never gained much traction. Most of the time
BottomFeeder has supported this since I first started the project >that function was intended to lead to an HTML page of search results, not >another RSS feed. It would crucify most servers if people started pulling >search results as feeds. It wouldn't be a very wise use of resources to >have an aggregator pulling searches in this manner. What you're suggesting, >however, is sort of a good idea. But I'd be worried about how scheduled >consumption of this would overload the providing server. You mean like Feedster or Google? It's a server side issue, not an Atom/RS issue. >-Bill Kearney > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "brettatmotorola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 08:42 >Subject: [syndic8] Atom Doesn't Support "Search" > > > > I am in the process of converting my RSS system > > to use Atom. However, it seems that the search > > capability of RSS using the <textinput> is not > > present in Atom. Arguably, the textinput of RSS > > is not the best defined, but I did find a nice > > use for it in RSS. > > > > In the Atom spec, Sec 3.3 FeedURI, it talks > > about implementing searching using multiple > > link tags that implement different search results. > > However, this does not allow submission of > > keywords to search for (at least that I can > > determine). This is more of a "browsing" paradigm. > > > > I did read through the Atom e-mail archive and > > did not find a clear resolution to searching. > > > > My application of searching is quite interesting... > > I developed an RSS system to manage project > > reporting. Each time a project report (or other > > project document) is completed, it becomes an > > entry in a feed. What I am doing with the search > > is interesting. I could enter a keyword such as > > "prototyping". Our aggregator then scans all > > RSS URLs and submits a search request (using > > textinput). The search results are another RSS > > feed. All of the search feeds are then reformatted > > as a single search result feed. Thus, the > > aggregator can then find the status of all > > projects doing prototyping. > > > > >To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > <Talk Small and Carry a Big Class Library> James Robertson, Product Manager, Cincom Smalltalk http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/blog/blogView [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/IRislB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
