I've been working on a simple standard to merge RSS style metadata with pings, with Matt Mullenweg of Ping-O-Matic and WordPress, called RSSPing.
Combining metadata or full content with a ping allows for truly real-time indexing and search.
Click on the logo to view the specs.
The first version of RSSPing is designed to be as simple as possible to implement.
RSSPing aims to be a step towards what is envisaged by ideas such as Feedmesh.
(I’m Blogging this at the exact same moment that the Space Shuttle is landing safely – congrats to NASA and my friend, James, who was computing lead for the repair and worked through most of last week with no sleep)link »