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Subject: Re: [9fans] rss replacement
Date: Tue,  8 Aug 2006 10:44:56 -0700
From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>
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>> Aside from not using XML, how would a plan9-ish RSS replacement look
>> different from RSS?
> 
> I think cat(1) and ls(1) would do the job quite fine, assumed
> that the filename correponds to a headline, and the file
> contents contain the associated document...

yep. and no pushing, that means the content is always fresh
because you're getting it from the source (via aggregators).
could also build a Mail (acme interface not upas) ui to it.

authentication could follow russ' model for sources; readers
can be 'none' and syndicators require a login.

syndication is done with either exportfs or a "drawterm" like
gizmo from other os.