Hina-Di
Encyclopedia
Hina-Di is a web feed
format created in Japan
. It transfers metadata
of a feed not in XML
like the RSS
or Atom
feeds, but in ASCII
characters.
is known to support Hina-Di, but there is the ability to read the feed by installing a Greasemonkey
-script
called RSS Panel X.
Web feed
A web feed is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. Making a collection of web feeds accessible in one spot is known as aggregation, which is performed by an aggregator...
format created in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It transfers metadata
Metadata
The term metadata is an ambiguous term which is used for two fundamentally different concepts . Although the expression "data about data" is often used, it does not apply to both in the same way. Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures, cannot be about data, because at...
of a feed not in XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
like the RSS
RSS
-Mathematics:* Root-sum-square, the square root of the sum of the squares of the elements of a data set* Residual sum of squares in statistics-Technology:* RSS , "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary", a family of web feed formats...
or Atom
Atom (standard)
The name Atom applies to a pair of related standards. The Atom Syndication Format is an XML language used for web feeds, while the Atom Publishing Protocol is a simple HTTP-based protocol for creating and updating web resources.Web feeds allow software programs to check for updates published on a...
feeds, but in ASCII
ASCII
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange is a character-encoding scheme based on the ordering of the English alphabet. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that use text...
characters.
Example File
HINA/2.1
User-Agent: Asahina-Antenna/2.1992 (libhina.pl/0.61 ; libtime.pl/0.05)
URL: http://www.tls.org/~yukio/diary/log/hina.di
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:41:39 GMT
Title:
Author-Name: Yukio HIIRAGI
Expires: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:41:39 GMT
Expire: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:41:39 GMT
Last-Modified: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 07:39:39 GMT
Last-Modified-Detected: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:41:38 GMT
Authorized: Asahina-Antenna/2.1992 (libhina.pl/0.61 ; libtime.pl/0.05)
Authorized-url: http://www.tls.org/~yukio/hina/
Method: File
Support
only KazehakaseKazehakase
Kazehakase is a web browser for Unix-like operating systems that uses the GTK+ libraries. Kazehakase embeds the Gecko layout engine as well as GTK+ WebKit. However, the author also plans to add the ability to switch between additional different rendering engines...
is known to support Hina-Di, but there is the ability to read the feed by installing a Greasemonkey
Greasemonkey
Greasemonkey is a Mozilla Firefox extension that allows users to install scripts that make on-the-fly changes to HTML web page content on the DOMContentLoaded event, which happens immediately after it is loaded in the browser .As Greasemonkey scripts are persistent, the changes made to the web...
-script
Scripting language
A scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more applications. "Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the...
called RSS Panel X.
External links
Asahina-Antenna Documentation - official Hina-Di specification- RSS Panel X - a GreasemonkeyGreasemonkeyGreasemonkey is a Mozilla Firefox extension that allows users to install scripts that make on-the-fly changes to HTML web page content on the DOMContentLoaded event, which happens immediately after it is loaded in the browser .As Greasemonkey scripts are persistent, the changes made to the web...
-scriptScripting languageA scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more applications. "Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the...
that offers the ability to read Hina-Di feeds in many web browserWeb browserA web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
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