Tag Archives: xml

Google Toolbar Button API Follow-up

Posted on January 30, 2006 by mfagan

In my last post was my initital reaction to this new API from Google. It’s not surprising that I’m worried about Google’s plans here, as their record on XML cooperation hasn’t been all that stellar. I haven’t fully looked into … Continue reading →

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Google Toolbar API – Guide to Making Custom Button

Posted on January 30, 2006 by mfagan

Google Toolbar API – Guide to Making Custom Button – aaaargh. I see Google’s recreated the OpenSearch Description format. Nice job guys. Oh yeah, and it also functions as an RSS feed information thingy…. which as far as I can … Continue reading →

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There is no XML without namespaces

Posted on January 17, 2006 by mfagan

Yes, this makes two blog posts today, and yes, I’m going to talk about XML again. I’ve suspected this for a while, but hadn’t looked into it. Thanks to Sam Ruby, I see that someone has: Who knows an XML … Continue reading →

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Tim Bray on XML Languages

Posted on January 10, 2006 by mfagan

Tim’s two recent pieces are just fantastic: On XML Language Design and Don’t Invent XML Languages. I was originally going to take out some points, and comment that I agree with them and why, but Tim makes a lot of … Continue reading →

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Why is the Google Homepage API not HTML?

Posted on December 14, 2005 by mfagan

Someone please explain to me why the Google Homepage API is a small XML format that includes an HTML bit, instead of just HTML itself? Okay, so they introduce a few bits of meta data. The links, such as screenshot … Continue reading →

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Major OpenSearch upgrade

Posted on December 12, 2005 by mfagan

I’ve been hard at work at A9.com, working on the OpenSearch website. Here’s some of what’s new: OpenSearch 1.1 Draft 2 The first draft went up in September – hopefully the second draft will become final within a few weeks. … Continue reading →

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Google Base = Bad

Posted on November 18, 2005 by mfagan

I was thinking of a really long rant, but instead I’ll make a short comment. Google Base leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth, in more ways than one. You?

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