Automatic Retrieval of Current SDB Information

Support knowledgebase (cg_sdbrdf)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: All versions

Situation:

You want to be informed about newly released SDB articles or to display a brief overview of the latest SDB articles on your own web server.

Procedure:

A Rich Data File is available in the respective language folders for SDB articles on the web server sdb.suse.de. For example, the rich data file for the English-speaking SDB can be found at the URL http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/sdb.rdf This file contains a short summary of the 5 latest SDB articles in a standard file format.

More information on the file format of these XML files, also know as Netscape channel files is available on the website My netscape network.

If you want to use and control this file with a script, you will find some useful tools e.g. at Freshmeat under the keyword rdf.

Example: There are already many web applications supporting the RDF format. A good example is the web portal phpnuke, which can create and display RDF files.


Keywords: RDF, NETSCAPE, CHANNEL, CURRENT, SDB

Categories: SDB

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