looks like magpie is what I'm after.
Ryan Walker wrote:
> Hi all,
> Is there any way to create publication types that pull
data from XML
> documents on the web instead of from the database? In
other words, I
> could set up a user-summary-feed.xt to format display
of the XML
> data. The process would be similar to creating a pub
type, except
> that in the dropdown for 'Format', when you're
creating/editing the
> pub type, you would specify 'parse XML' and then a
validation field
> would become available and you could enter the XML
document (URL) and
> XML tag from the document to use as the source for that
field... then
> in the template you just do as usual to present the
data. And there
> would also have to be a way to control interval for
checking the XML
> document for updates.
>
> That's just one scenario and I don't know if it's
the best scenario...
> I'm wondering what module would get me closest to
that? I guess the
> headlines module parses RSS feeds in a limited (I
think) way. I
> wonder if there's anything that could parse slightly
complicated XML
> documents that have some RDF, etc, and provide a
template-based way to
> present the data.
>
> I'll look at Headlines for starters... haven't looked
at it at all.
> But wondering if someone can list one or two other
modules that might
> be worth a look, so I don't miss something that might
be closer to
> what I want.
>
> Thanks very much.
> Ryan
>
>
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