Ton gave me a suggestion to refer to the XSL file on my local domain. I did this, but still only saw the raw OPML appear. After some thinking, I thought about MIME types, and wondered if this was set up on my web hosting to serve OPML as XML. I uploaded a copy of the file with a .xml extension, and everything worked! I have found some resources for updating MIME types, will post later after some experimenting.
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Getting started with Federated Bookshelves
Some time ago, I read a post from Ton Zijlstra on the concept of federated bookshelves. His original post was riffing on an idea by Tom Critchlow called Library-JSON. Recently, Ton revisited this topic, and in a short period of time created a working prototype OPML file and a XSL stylesheet to view the OPML file.
I finally had some time this weekend to play around with this. Here is my work so far:
- My first booklist in OPML format
- The transformed file
I had some problems using Ton’s XSL file. On my server, when I entered the URL of the OPML file, all that was displayed was the OPML file. However, I found a tool to apply the XSL transformation, and the resulting file was a valid HTML page (the “transformed file” above). I will continue to investigate this and also reach out to Ton to see if I did something wrong.
I like this – it drives home the need for planning to ensure that projects can be completed successfully.
Free book on Node.js programming – over 400 pages!
Enjoyed this reference to “Why you need a programming checklist” from Andrew Shell…
Some things just keep on movin’….
Link to David Brin article
An essay from an Amazon developer looking to improve his skills, he shares his experiences at Amazon in a set of programming rules.
“I’m not a 10x developer….I was not That Guy overachieving on nights and weekends….In summary, I am a 1x developer. I do enough to get by respectably.”