From: Chad Fowler <chad@...>
Date: 2003-05-19T10:50:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Which RSS?

Jim Freeze wrote:

>Hi:
>
>I see that there are 2 rss libraries on RAA:
>  
>  rss
>  ruby-rss
>
>Which should I use to publish and read rss data?
>
>Thanks
>  
>

You actually have 3 choices. :)

The "rss" library on RAA uses REXML (a plus) and works only with RSS 
1.0.  The ruby-rss library (which I wrote some time back) uses xmlparser 
and works only with RSS 0.91. 

Austin Ziegler is working on a (mostly) API compatible version with mine 
which supports RSS 0.9x and RSS 2.0 (but not 1.0).  His uses REXML.  
But, it's *extremely* strict right now, and much of the RSS on the 
internet won't work with it.

His is here:
http://ruby-rss.sourceforge.net/


So, the answer is (imo) that Austin's library would be the best, but 
it's not quite ready.  And, it doesn't do 1.0.  Depends on what your 
needs are, though I would say that going with 0.9x and 2.0 will give you 
more coverage.  I may be wrong, but from what I can see, 2.0 is going to 
sunset 1.0.

Chad