Netscape Dumps Critical File, Breaks RSS 0.9 Feeds

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday January 14, 2007 @03:28AM from the hate-when-that-happens dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In the standard definition of RSS 0.91, there are a couple of lines referring to 'DOCTYPE' and referencing a 'dtd' spec hosted on Netscape's website. According to an article on DeviceForge.com quite a few RSS feeds around the web probably stopped working properly over the past few weeks because Netscape recently stopped hosting the critical rss-0.91.dtd file. Probably someone over at netscape.com simply thought he was cleaning up some insignificant cruft." Some explanation has been offered by a Netscape employee.

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Re:Why would this break RSS readers? by tomhudson · 2007-01-14 04:14 · Score: 0, Redundant

My only recourse is to take the DTD lines out of the various config files. (Reason: My JBoss server is deployed in private networks where the server can't reach the internet).

why not change your hosts file so that my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-0.91.dtd points to a copy on your_local_network/publish/formats/rss-0.91.dtd ... (for example, 192.168.1.96 my.netscape.com)
Huh? by Digital+Dharma · 2007-01-14 04:45 · Score: 1, Redundant

Netscape? What's a Netscape?

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