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I just came across an item that Dave Winer posted in October on Reading Lists for RSS.
http://www.reallysimplesyndication.com/2005/10/13#a1032

"Reading lists are OPML documents that point to RSS feeds, like most of the OPML documents you find, but instead of subscribing to each feed in the document, the reader or aggregator subscribes to the OPML document itself. When the author of the OPML document adds a feed, the aggregator automatically checks that feed in its next scan, and (key point) when a feed is removed, the aggregator no longer checks that feed. The editor of the OPML file can update all the subscribers by updating the OPML file. Think of it as sort of a mutual fund for subscriptions."

The Web 2.0 Workgroup started offering its collection of feeds as a Reading List, and Technorati promised to publish Reading Lists alongside its Blog Finder service.

This is a geeky version of what I've suggested (and probably all the more elegant for that). If someone were to make it easy for non-techies to implement and take advantage of it, then it could fulfil what I've been arguing for.

Posted by: phil wainewright   Posted on: 01/06/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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