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OPML Import #7
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Thanks for the suggestion! I want to push some more on the idea they implemented in https://github.com/benwerd/indiereader where everyone hosts their own subscription list, so ideally you could move between readers without dealing with OPML, but this would be useful for onboarding and/or a stopgap until we have hosted lists. |
You can do both by supporting the "include" nodetype in OPML. I wrote a howto for this for River5 users, but the same technique would apply to any feed reader that handled OPML includes (as River5 does). https://github.com/scripting/river5/blob/master/docs/DROPBOXSUBSCRIPTIONLISTS.md Let's interop every way possible. ;-) Dave |
A few days ago, in part based on something that Richard MacManus wrote (and which may have prompted @scripting's response), I noticed that Inoreader differentiates between importing an OPML and subscribing to an OPML.
Ideally, if a site had a blogroll or other mechanism by which they maintained and publicly published their own OPML list, then the user could plug that into the reader to subscribe to the list which could update dynamically. One could also subscribe to others' OPML lists (or subsets of them?) as well without needing to pay attention to them. In total, this sounds like what Ben's reader (and Known's subscription list) were doing, but by using a pre-existing standard that's broadly supported. (As an example WordPress sites with the Links module enabled publish their OPML files at example.com/wp-links-opml.php). |
I'm glad people are tuning into this. The idea has been out there since the
very early days of RSS readers. I did a quick search and found this
techcrunch piece from 2005:
https://techcrunch.com/2005/10/16/my-thoughts-on-reading-lists/
We called them "reading lists." The idea goes even further, OPML has the
idea of inclusion so you can create lists of lists. River5 my current
reader software supports this.
I'll write it up on my blog later today with more links.
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<#7>A few days ago, in part
based on something that Richard MacManus wrote
<https://richardmacmanus.com/2017/06/22/openness-rivers-indieweb/> (and
which may have prompted @scripting <https://github.com/scripting>'s
response), I noticed that Inoreader differentiates between importing an
OPML and subscribing to an OPML.
Importing an OPML
If you import an OPML file in your RSS reader, you are creating a static
copy of the reading list. If the owner of the original list updates the
list, this change will not be shown in your feed collection.
Subscribing to an OPML
An OPML subscription, however, creates a live connection between the
original source and your feed folder. Whenever a feed is added or deleted
from the original list, the change will be reflected in your subscriptions.
The notification system in Inoreader will notify you that new feeds were
imported or existing feeds were removed.
Ideally, if a site had a blogroll or other mechanism by which they
maintained and publicly published their own OPML list, then the user could
plug that into the reader to subscribe to the list which could update
dynamically. One could also subscribe to others' OPML lists (or subsets of
them?) as well without needing to pay attention to them. In total, this
sounds like what Ben's reader (and Known's subscription list) were doing,
but by using a pre-existing standard that's broadly supported. (As an
example WordPress sites with the Links module enabled publish their OPML
files at example.com/wp-links-opml.php).
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Here's the blog post. http://scripting.com/2017/06/26.html#a080636 Dave |
Support importing of legacy OPML format for feeds. Allow individuals to 'upgrade' from RSS to HTML.
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