Best Practice N°188 - Level 3- Section code
Description
The source code of the syndicated feeds contains the update frequency.
Objectives
Enables users to configure the frequancy with which their feed readers access the feed. Reuce server workload.
Possible technical solutions:
- For RSS0.91, state the days and times where there will be no publication using the
skipDays and skipHours ;elements - For RSS2.0, state the life expectancy of the channel using the
ttl ;element - For RSS1.0, indicate the reference date, the frequancy and interval of updates using the Syndication module.
The date and time formats are defined y the Date and Time Formats du W3C note.
Control methods:
Check for the presence of the above elements in the source of the syndicated fields according to the their formats
Put these Best Practices to use.