Re: Is XML_Feed_Writer Active?

Hi Anant > > check out : http://xml.agoraproduction.com > > Looks interesting, would you mind if I could use that package as a base > and build a PEAR package out of it? It is essential that PEAR has a > package of this type, apart from the fact that two of my packages depend > on this! > > Of course, credit will be attributed to both of you. > > Is this package any different from Navin's XML::RSS_Builder proposal? > (http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=235) > hmh. I don't like either of them. I'd rather implement this somehow like this: http://php.is/drafts/WebFeeds/WebFeed.phps (note: not a full working classes, just basic idea how I see feed writer implemented I put down before I broke my hand). As you can see (from the 2nd entry example) you can choice your favorite programming style while adding data to it which I think is important. Trying to unify the generation of RSS and Atom documents is just wrong. RSS and Atom feeds aren't compatible. You should choice the format after your needs (Atom ;). Anyway, the base can easily be extended for RSS rule set and it shouldn't be that difficult to register 3rd party namespaces into it. In fact, extending it as a feed reader ain't that difficult either. -Hannes