Re: [IUG] Feed Readers

[Sheila Smart <shs1 at st-andrews dot ac dot uk>]

Thanks for your reply Joe and I'll pass this information on.

However, our problem seems to be with certain characters such as apostrophes,
quotation marks, non-breaking spaces, copyright symbols, etc. which are
converted to a Web-friendly version using a special code (e.g. apostrophe ->
&apos) which Firefox & IE7, etc. can handle OK.   But seemingly this is not
strict XML according to the RSS 2.0 standard (which is very unforgiving), and
so any dedicated RSS software which relies on well-formed XML will not
recognise the feed because the XML standard says that it's not even allowed to
process it. However, if e.g. the &apos is changed to its Hex equivalent
(')in the source, then it does not break the feed.

Given all this, I wondered if other libraries advise users on which Feed Readers
they should use?  Or maybe they run some kind of script on the .xml files to
change the problem characters to the acceptable Hex equivalents?






Quoting "Schulkins, Joe" <Joseph dot Schulkins at liverpool dot ac dot uk>:

> Hello,
>
> The feeds are fine, the problem lies with the server. I think some readers
> are unable to access/navigate/understand etc. the Millennium server. E.g. in
> Pageflakes attempting to add the rss feed found at
> http://138.253.100.105/live/feeds/rsssci.xml displays an error that the
> location doesn't contain a feed, but going to this url brings up the feed as
> normal.
>
> I have found that if the feeds are added to a regular server (i.e. an old PC
> with Apache 2.0.59 running) so the feed is now found at
> http://pc072027.lib.liv.ac.uk/rsssci.xml, then the feed is read by
> Pageflakes.
>
> To get around this problem on a daily basis I'm attempting to set-up an
> automatic scheduled ftp of the RSS feeds from Millennium to this server.
>
> Hope this helps,
> 		     Joe.
>
> Joseph Schulkins
> Systems Librarian
> University of Liverpool
> Tel (0151) 7943844
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Sheila Smart
> Sent: 25 January 2008 10:56
> To: IUG
> Subject: [IUG] Feed Readers
>
> Hi
>
> We have FeedBuilder installed and have just started testing reading the feeds
> with different Feed Readers and have encountered a lot of problems.  For
> example, we can read them using Firefox Live Bookmarks, IE7 and FeedReader
> but
> our Web Page Expert has tried reading them with 3 different dedicated RSS
> Software readers which rely on "well-formed XML" and they don't work.
>
> I've seen similar problems reported on this list but can't find any mention
> of
> Innovative having come up with a solution.  I have opened a call with them
> but
> wanted to ask you all if anyone has managed to overcome this?
>
> Many thanks.
>
>
> Sheila Smart
> Library Systems Co-ordinator
> University of St Andrews Library
> North Street
> St Andrews
> Fife  KY16 9TR
>
> Tel: 01334 462316
>
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Regards

Sheila Smart
Library Systems Co-ordinator
University of St Andrews Library
North Street
St Andrews
Fife  KY16 9TR

Tel: 01334 462316

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