Getting Acquainted with OPML

Getting Acquainted with OPML

by Amy Bellinger
Released October 2006
Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
ISBN: 9780596528225

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Book description

You've put off figuring out what Outline Processor Markup Language (OPML) is all about and what it can do, right?

We'll bring you into the picture quickly with 14 wide-ranging uses for the OPML format including:

  • Reading lists and RSS subscription lists

  • Blogging

  • A wholly new sort of intranet

  • Process documentation

  • Instant outlining and collaboration

  • Distributed directories

Included in this Short Cut are step-by-step how-to examples with illustrations to get you started using and remixing OPML right now.

Let's get going.

Table of contents

  1. 14 Tricky Things You Can Do with OPML
    1. Examples, How-Tos, and Tools
  2. Quick History
  3. A Drop-Dead Simple XML Format
    1. Other Attributes
    2. OPML 2.0 Draft Specification
  4. Applying OPML
    1. 1
    2. Share a Subscription List
    3. 2
    4. Consume a Reading List or Listening List
      1. Import a reading list into an aggregator
      2. A listening list
    5. 3
    6. Discover Reading Lists
      1. Other sources for favorites lists
    7. 4
    8. Create Your Own Reading List for Others to Consume
      1. About publishing your list to the web
      2. Test your file
      3. Spread it around
    9. 5
    10. Output an OPML File to a Web Page Widget
      1. Optimal
    11. Grazr (1/2)
    12. Grazr (2/2)
    13. 6
    14. Manage or Contribute to a Distributed Directory
      1. iPodder Directory
      2. A smaller, simpler example: The community car roll
      3. Organizational phone extension directory example
    15. 7
    16. Docnography
    17. 8
    18. Replacement for the Easel Pad or Whiteboard
    19. 9
    20. Live Blogging
    21. 10
    22. Publish a Personal Blog
      1. Upstreaming: How the post gets written to the web server
      2. Using the OPML Editor to post to your WordPress or TypePad blog
    23. 11
    24. Build an Entirely New Kind of Intranet
    25. 12
    26. Provide an OPML File to Offer Extra Resources on Your Publication or Organization
    27. 13
    28. Collaborate with Instant Outlining
    29. 14
    30. Write Documentation and Instructions
  5. Appendix A: Tools That Understand OPML
    1. Tools Referenced in the Text
    2. RSS Readers That Import and Export OPML Files
    3. Podcatchers That Support OPML Import and Export
    4. OPML Editors
    5. Blogging Tools
    6. Blogroll Makers
    7. Renderers and Browsers That Display OPML Files
    8. Other Kinds of Tools and Applications
  6. Appendix B: Reference Information on the Format
    1. Date syntax
    2. MIME Type
    3. Node Types
    4. Key Changes Under Discussion for the OPML 2.0 Specification

Product information

  • Title: Getting Acquainted with OPML
  • Author(s): Amy Bellinger
  • Release date: October 2006
  • Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
  • ISBN: 9780596528225