Well, Looks like I was wrong. Headline Viewer is indeed susceptible to the lack of a DTD. After clearing my machine's cache I can no longer load RSS files...
Jeff Barr
jeff@...
May 2, 2001 3:05 am
1408
Jeff, couldn't you do a string substitution before passing the text over to the parser? Dave ... From: "Jeff Barr" <jeff@...> To:...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 2, 2001 4:52 am
1409
I've noticed the same thing. MSXML seems to do an awful lot of validation when validation is turned off. On another note, I've been contacting some sites that...
Adam Kalsey
adam@...
May 2, 2001 6:08 am
1410
With the MS XML parser, you can also set resolveExternals to false to keep the parser from trying to grab the DTD. At first blush, I don't see this breaking...
Adam Kalsey
adam@...
May 2, 2001 6:30 am
1411
Novobot does not use DTD referenced in RSS files, and works all right. Maybe this is a misfeature, but at least it does not depend on third-party companies,...
Gleb Dolgich
glebd@...
May 2, 2001 8:38 am
1412
Dave says, ... Unfortunately not. The API I use accepts and URL as an argument, then asynchronously fetches and parses the XML, raising an event when it is...
Jeff Barr
jeff@...
May 2, 2001 5:52 pm
1413
Ok, here is the secret to reading an XML document which references a non-existent DTD using MXSML: You must set the validateOnParse and resolveExternals ...
Jeff Barr
jeff@...
May 3, 2001 3:39 am
1414
I just caught wind of this missing DTD issue today (belated slashdot reading), and mailed some friends at Netscape. One of them was kind enough to work some...
Dan Libby
dan@...
May 3, 2001 3:45 am
1415
... Get 'em while they're hot. Archive away... ... accepting ... community ... It would be interesting to hear their rationale behind this move....
Bill Kearney
wkearney99@...
May 3, 2001 4:46 am
1416
Dan, thanks for working with Netscape to get these files restored. And, there was a surprise here. http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-spec-0.91.html ...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 3, 2001 5:16 am
1417
I've mirrored the docs here: http://www.scripting.com/netscapeDocs/RSS%200_91%20Spec,%20revision%203.html http://www.scripting.com/netscapeDocs/rss-0.9.dtd ...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 3, 2001 5:27 am
1418
Howdy, Along with the RSS 0.91 DTDs, I should like to also point to the return of Netscape's RSS "futures" document, a proposed direction for RSS 1.0. ...
Rael Dornfest
rael@...
May 4, 2001 12:54 am
1419
Looks like an idea that didn't go anywhere. Dave ... From: "Rael Dornfest" <rael@...> To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>; <rss-dev@egroups.com> Sent:...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 4, 2001 1:19 am
1420
I'd have to disagree. ... of ... http://www.oreillynet.com/~rael/data/xml/rss/com/netscape/my/futures.html...
Rael Dornfest
rael@...
May 4, 2001 1:37 am
1421
... And having this whole argument again is NOT what's needed. Use a format that works for you. The fortunate state of the art allows for easy integration of...
Bill Kearney
wkearney99@...
May 4, 2001 4:58 am
1422
... 'nuff said... partisanship hat removed and stowed accordingly. ... Thanks for the reminder, Bill. Rael...
Rael Dornfest
rael@...
May 4, 2001 9:08 am
1423
Summary of where we're at. The unfortunate state of the art leaves most people confused about what RSS is. Bill likes that, Rael does too. Dave ... From: "Bill...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 4, 2001 1:33 pm
1424
As one of the authors of 0.91, which is the spec that most people code their RSS channels to, these two documents explain what it is, and explain the ...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 4, 2001 1:59 pm
1425
... most ... Dave That's bullshit. I'm as interested as everyone else in seeing good overall support of these formats. I said don't be petty [1]. Was this...
Bill Kearney
wkearney99@...
May 4, 2001 2:38 pm
1426
Oh Bill. You are not God of the Universe. I know that, and maybe it's time for you to get a clue. Dave ... From: "Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@...> To:...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 4, 2001 2:49 pm
1427
BTW, I've suggested that Andy King post his questions here instead of sending them to me privately. Dave...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 4, 2001 2:54 pm
1428
I have decided to go with the PRISM specification for a project I'm working on. It appears that PRISM is a superset of RSS 1.0 (although it never even...
David Smiley
dsmiley@...
May 4, 2001 3:13 pm
1429
It looks like an offshoot from the ICE working group. I met with them a few months ago, and they wanted to work with people from this community. I recommend...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 4, 2001 3:57 pm
1430
... What's the basis for this claim? Most of those that I stumble across are 0.9 or 1.0, though I just look at the ones that I'm interested in, so it's not...
Mark Nottingham
mnot@...
May 4, 2001 4:35 pm
1431
hi all, as dave mentioned i'm writing a story on rss for webref.com. i'm looking for interesting applications of rss 0.92. can you let me know of any? also,...
andybking@...
May 4, 2001 4:36 pm
1432
... as part of the rss story i mentioned, i asked ian davis to run his rss survey script again for me for xmltree.com's db, and he came up with the following...
andybking@...
May 4, 2001 4:42 pm
1433
... AmphetaDesk at disobey.com/amphetadesk/ is crossplatform (linux too) and open source and can read all current version of RSS (all v.9x's and 1.0). I ...
Morbus Iff
morbus@...
May 4, 2001 4:42 pm
1434
I'm citing numbers that Andy gave me that come from Ian Davis who compiled his data from XML-Tree. Apparently 0.90 and 0.91 account for 96 percent, and 0.91...
Dave Winer
dave@...
May 4, 2001 4:43 pm
1435
... I have a few applications that are kinda neat. mod_index_rss allows you to take directories from Apache servers and publish their contents via RSS. I am...
