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Simple Stand Alone Feed or "SSA Feed" is a convenient way of providing information about new content or changes made in the existing content of a web-space. This information has to be provided in a specific format. This standardized format facilitates automatic extraction of feed information by application programmes which can be developed by any third-party vendor. In its simplest form, the information is provided in a heading-synopsis style. SSA 1.0 feed Specifications : 1. SSA feed-page should be made available at the same place where Home-Page (i.e., the file index.html) is located. 2. SSA feed-page should have the filename feedssa.html 3. SSA feed-page should be HTML 3.2 compliant document or above. 4. SSA feed-page should contain a "title" marked as a link which points to the contact details of the content provider. The text of the "title" should be immediately preceded by a tag <!TITLE> and the same text should be immediately followed by a tag <!TITLE>. 5. SSA feed-page should contain a "topic-heading" marked as a link which points to the web-page which has been modified or freshly added. The text of the "topic-heading" should be immediately preceded by a tag <!THEADING> & the same text should be immediately followed by a tag <!THEADING>. 6. SSA feed-page should contain a "synopsis" which gives brief or complete information about the new content or about the changes made in the contents of the existing page. &nbp; The text of the "synopsis" should be immediately preceded by a tag <!SYNOPSIS> & the same text should be immediately followed by a tag <!SYNOPSIS>. 7. Likewise there are other tags as mentioned below -- <!DATE> <!TIME> <!COPYWRITE> <!IMAGE> <!IMGCAPTION> <!AUDIO> <!AUDCAPTION> <!VIDEO> <!VIDCAPTION> |
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