Dave,

Dave Winer wrote:
>
> >>If we go in this direction, I think we should also consider using a
> protocol (SOAP ?) to allow a feed to be notified when there is a new post
> related to an item.
>
> That's a very good idea, and it's orthogonal to this "direction". I plan to
> write a spec for publish-and-subscribe via RSS by adding to the header of a
> channel enough information for a syndicator to contact a publisher saying "I
> want to be notified of any changes to this item." I haven't written the spec
> yet, so this is not a RFC, just a heads-up saying "I'm interested in this
> too."

I think we should define a flow (as complete as possible) for this
notification system since it can be more than this specific case.

Syndicators could ask to be notified when an item is updated, but also
when the content of a channel is updated (to replace the polling by a
real push) and when its structure (or release) is modified to answer the
question from Steven Roussey[1].

Publishers could ask to be notified when an answer to one of the
published item has been created or updated, but also when a syndicator
begins or stops using its channel (would be nice to have a list of sites
using your feeds).

There are probably other useful notifications to define...

Note: I hope I am using here the words "publisher" and "syndicator" in
the same "direction" than you (for me a publisher "publishes" RSS feeds
used by "syndicators" to show on their sites).

>
> One more vote for formality. If an idea is worth considering, it's worth
> writing up, and it's worth answering questions and taking feedback. I used
> to do this stuff by the seat of the pants too, until I realized that the
> only projects that ever got anywhere were the ones where people had the
> discipline to write specs to explain their ideas.
>
> Dave
>

Sure !

Eric

[1] : http://www.egroups.com/message/syndication/187?&start=173
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