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Re: [xml-dev] XML for Video, Pizza Shops & TakeOut
- From: Jim Ancona <scarhill@yahoo.com>
- To: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>, jim@anconafamily.com
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 17:25:29 -0700 (PDT)
--- David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > So, how about a web service front end to http://yp.yahoo.com ?
>
> You mean that's not a "web service" already?
A REST-ful one, I guess. Now, if it just had an option to return XML...
>
> > At least then you get all the coffee shops, not just Starbucks.
>
> Actually I just did the experiment, and it listed two Starbucks
> while totally ignoring five non-chain shops that come quickly to
> mind (out of dozens in the area). And there's no way for me to
> tell Yahoo about any of them, correcting their major omission.
I tried it here and it seemed to return a reasonable mix.
Jim
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Jim Ancona
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