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* DiscoverEd can discover a PuSH ''hub'' mentioned in a feed. | * DiscoverEd can discover a PuSH ''hub'' mentioned in a feed. | ||
− | * DiscoverEd can register itself as a ''subscriber'' to that feed on that hub. | + | * DiscoverEd can register itself as a ''subscriber'' to that feed on that hub. (To do that, it has to provide a URL on the DiscoverEd instance that, when the feed is updated, the hub should POST to.) |
− | * When the hub pings DiscoverEd | + | * When the hub pings DiscoverEd to say there is an update to that feed, it re-aggregates data from that feed, does a crawl, and merges the index. |
== Status == | == Status == | ||
* This draft document has been written. That's all. | * This draft document has been written. That's all. |
Revision as of 14:01, 7 September 2010
Contact | Contact::Asheesh Laroia |
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Project | ,|project_name|Project Driver::project_name}} |
Status | Status::Draft |
The people who run a DiscoverEd instance may wish to be updated nearly-immediately when there are new resources published by a curator.
Right now, DiscoverEd instances aggregate feeds and crawl every once in a while, often manually at the behest of the search engine operator. PubSubHubBub provides a way for the DiscoverEd instance to subscribe feeds and receive automatic, nearly-instantaneous notification of new information in the feed.
This can be built on top of existing Atom/RSS feeds that curators already publish.
This feature was defined and developed during the fun DC meeting thing. (Nathan, did that meeting have a name?)
Requirements
A complete implementation of this specification would provide the following things.
- DiscoverEd can discover a PuSH hub mentioned in a feed.
- DiscoverEd can register itself as a subscriber to that feed on that hub. (To do that, it has to provide a URL on the DiscoverEd instance that, when the feed is updated, the hub should POST to.)
- When the hub pings DiscoverEd to say there is an update to that feed, it re-aggregates data from that feed, does a crawl, and merges the index.
Status
- This draft document has been written. That's all.