FreeLists / arachne / [arachne] Re: RSS?

["Glenn McCorkle" <glennmcc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Here's the 'basic difference' between an RSS document and an HTML document.

---- RSS ----

<description>ABC2 on digital - Electronic Program Guide</description>
<link>http://www.abc.net.au/tv/</link>
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---- HTML ----

<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/tv/";>
ABC2 on digital - Electronic Program Guide</a>
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On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:22:39 -0600 (CST), Rob <robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Greg,
> I really can't tell you any differences between XML and
> HTML. I have only done a couple HTML pages before. I went
> to your site here tho.

> Like this: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/abc2/

> websites that have RSS feeds, will have a little orange
> box that says 'xml'.

> =================================================================
> This is the URL I got from the XML page after selecting the
> orange box.

> http://www.abc.net.au/syndication/abc2_epg.xml
>                                                    |
> I entered this into my client, and this is what I got. \|/
> =================================================================

> ABC2 on digital - Electronic Program Guide

> Lateline - 6:25am

<snip>

> Pinky Dinky Doo - 11:35am
> Jasper The Penguin - 11:50am

> -> http://www.abc.net.au/tv/
> ------------------------------  |
> Selecting Lateline I got this. \|/
> =================================================================

> ABC2 on digital - Electronic Program Guide

>                            Lateline - 6:25am

> A unique nightly news analysis program bringing you up-to-the-m
> coverage of Australian and international news and events. Prese
> Jones.

> -> http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200602/programs/NC0571H117

> -----------------------------------------------
> Selecting this gave me the webpage for Lateline.
> =================================================================
> Rob:

> Clicking on it with Arachne downloads a page with the extension
> which naturally Arachne doesn't recognize.

> When I view it as text, it looks exactly like an html page of l

> So what is it about RSS and XML pages that HTML can't do?

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