RSS Help

The following is an example of an improper RSS feed url:
http://citrixcommunity.com/blogs/MainFeed.aspx

results from running the same run through a validator:
http://www.feedvalidator.org/check?url=http://citrixcommunity.com/blogs/MainFeed.aspx

Below is a non-working example of an "opml" feed url:
(merely a page that explains what xml or opml is)
http://citrixcommunity.com/blogs/Opml.aspx

Again, results from running the same run through the same validator:
http://www.feedvalidator.org/check?url=http://citrixcommunity.com/blogs/Opml.aspx

Although I actually use the Citrix products, I am saddened to see the lack of deatail in the simplest of forms represented in their poorly constructed xml and opml references and application.
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Next, what follows are 2 good examples that will actually work:

proper RSS feed url:
http://feeds.pixelcorps.com/feeds/macbreakipod.xml
(This can be dropped in both an aggregate reader AND iTunes for the audio portions)


and then a
working example of an "xml" podcast feed url:
http://www.stratfor.com/reports/podcast.xml
WOW, (notice the ACTUAL "xml" extension used at the END of the url - this is a clue!)


If you cannot see the difference in the urls, look closer or stop trying to make bad urls -

OR

try this, and make good:

http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/sbFeedsOPMLFeedBlender.html

and then try this:
(it's fun)

http://www.justinpfister.com/gnewsfeed.php

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Not to worry, for those of you who just want to USE rss in your readers or don't want to get all that technical, you can try IE7 - RSS is built in!

http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2006/12/microsofts_cont.html

(Although, I disagree with Nick's assesment that Microsoft's patent application here is due to the degredation of the Patent Office. More likely this represents continuing frivolity of legal eagles)

and then follow Nick's advice and read:

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060288329%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060288329&RS=DN/20060288329

then follow someone else's advice:
http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/forum/index.html
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