Yes, RSS and the emerging proposed 'standard' Atom are
both very useful for syndicating content. The real value of
syndication is that it is all 'opt in.'
RSS has become widely adopted and the most significant
'problem' the moron was probably referring to but said
nothing meaningful about is not the problem of the aggregators
at all -- aside from the politics -- the most significant 'problem' is
the fact that 'developers' are attempting to syndicate sloppy
XML that is either not well formed or will not validate.
Most of the .NET focus groups all have articles about using
RSS. So does MSDN. Just about every magazine has had articles
about using RSS. Google will really come in handy.
Finally, query your customers to determine the viability of
syndicating content to them. Help them understand the why they
should or should not do so and in which context will be most
useful..
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"Goober" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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I was looking at RSS at a way to potentially let our users to our website
know of different information available, etc. programs, pricing changes -
that type of stuff.
Could RSS be a way to do that?
Also, is there any good tutorial/info source on doing this in a dotnet
application?
SC