Beginning RSS and Atom Programming

Foreword by Dare Obasanjo.

Foreword by Greg Reinacker.

Introduction.

Part I: Understanding the Issues and Taking Control.

Chapter 1: Managing the Flow of Information: A Crucial Skill.

Chapter 2: Where Did Information Feeds Start?

Chapter 3: The Content Provider Viewpoint.

Chapter 4: The Content Recipient Viewpoint.

Chapter 5: Storing, Retrieving, and Exporting Information.

Part II: The Technologies.

Chapter 6: Essentials of XML.

Chapter 7: Atom 0.3.

Chapter 8: RSS 0.91 and RSS 0.92.

Chapter 9: RSS 1.0.

Chapter 10: RSS 1.0 Modules.

Chapter 11: RDF: The Resource Description Framework.

Chapter 12: RSS 2.0: Really Simple Syndication.

Chapter 13: Looking Forward to Atom 1.0.

Part III: The Tools.

Chapter 14: Feed Production Using Blogging Tools.

Chapter 15: Aggregators and Similar Tools.

Chapter 16: Long-Term Storage of Information.

Chapter 17: Online Tools.

Chapter 18: Language-Specific Developer Tools.

Part IV: The Tasks.

Chapter 19: Systematic Overview.

Chapter 20: Modeling Feed Data.

Chapter 21: Storing Feed Data.

Chapter 22: Consuming Feeds.

Chapter 23: Parsing Feeds.

Chapter 24: Producing Feeds.

Chapter 25: Queries and Transformations.

Chapter 26: The Blogging Client.

Chapter 27: Building Your Own Planet.

Chapter 28: Building a Desktop Aggregator.

Chapter 29: Social Syndication.

Chapter 30: Additional Content.

Chapter 31: Loose Ends, Loosely Coupled.

Chapter 32: What Lies Ahead in Information Management.

Appendix A: Answers to Exercises.

Appendix B: Useful Online Resources.

Appendix C: Glossary.

Index.