[Feeds] Re: Should we standardize on a single URL path to RSS feeds?

["Martin J. Dürst" <[e-mail]>]

Hello Jens, others,

I think it shouldn't be too difficult to define that .well-known is a 
file where e.g. each line points to a feed. I'd suggest you look at the 
.well-known IANA registry and check out some of the registrations. 
You'll find ways to point to more than one resource easily.

Regards,   Martin.

On 2024-12-27 21:00, Jens Oliver Meiert wrote:
>> We could benefit from standardizing on a single path so that feed readers can easily find a site's RSS feed.
> 
> Is some form of standardization being considered?
> 
> One big challenge was mentioned but seems to add significant
> complexity both in terms of standardization as well as communication:
> There are plenty of cases where there isn’t just one feed (with
> typical use cases being feeds for comments as well as individual
> topics). Even if a standard is developed that allows for both
> centralized (à la “.well-known”) and decentralized feed handling
> (parallel to whatever resource they allow to syndicate), that seems a
> distance away from “a single path” and still require a lot of appetite
> to make site owners change their approach, plus trust that system so
> as to not rely on metadata describing feed URLs anymore (and us
> effectively ending up with two standards).
> 
> --
> Jens Oliver Meiert
> https://meiert.com/en/ · https://mas.to/@j9t
> 

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Prof. Dr.sc. Martin J. Dürst
Department of Intelligent Information Technology
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Aoyama Gakuin University
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