Re: [xml-dev] RE: Web site that emits a continuous stream of XML?

[Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>]

On Thu, 2014-05-22 at 12:52 +0000, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> Oops! I forgot to mention one requirement: the web site must provide its data stream for free.

It would be easy to write a CGi script that produced an endless stream
of XML. Note that you don't get an end tag for the outermost element if
you disconnect, of course - true for all these protocols.

When the Jabber people contacted me early on I suggested they use a
stream of smaller documents, one per message.

Another approach is to have a second URI that, when accessed, will end
the stream and disconnect from the server end.

Liam

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