OPML search engine
July 15th, 2005
Bela Labovitch, Andrew Dallas and I have created an early version of a dedicated OPML
search
engine public service, which we think is perhaps the first. We
believe in the potential of OPML (more on that later) and our goal is
to
create something of value for the OPML and podcasting community. This is a lab project. Technically, it is lots
of fun because it must function recursively. User-wise, we have
many questions regarding how and what it should render, what it should
display, and what actions it should facilitate, in order to be most
useful. So we need your help!
If you want to try it out now, go to http://opmlsearch.com,
which will redirect to our current server location and provide an
up-to-the-minute view of our progress. Expect changes, and, sometimes,
downtime. This is a research project!
If you have an OPML source with a URL, please click on “Add your OPML source here”
and we will spider your source regularly. Then we will maintain
your source as part of the archive.
Also, if you provide an email address when you submit your OPML URL, we
can contact you with more information and updates, and at your option,
invite you to join a list to discuss and input re: the engine and its
evolution. We will protect your private information absolutely,
and of course you can opt out of updates or the list at any time.
Please feel free to email us suggestions on how you would like your search displayed, and how this
engine might be of most use to the community of users and developers.
I can be contacted directly at jmoore@cyber.law.harvard.edu. When you send to me
you will encounter a spam
challenge almost
immediately, to make sure you are a person. Anyone reading this
passes! So just reply to the message and you will get through.
Thanks for your help!
