Feed validator

• US 9,002,841 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2009
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: McKevitt, Paul John, McLaughlin, Gary Thomas Martin, O'Sullivan, Edwin Anthony, Klimchuk, Igor
• Primary Examiner(s): HARPER, ELIYAH STONE
• Application Number:
  US12/576,607
• Publication Number:
  US 20110087638A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,006 Days
• Field of Search: 707/602, 707/601, 707/604, 707/736
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating feed schemas and validating feeds are provided. A user interface may be provided that displays the schema in one pane, while providing drop-down menus for defining new schema nodes in a separate pane. An interface for validating the schema may show the feed as it will be displayed on a webpage utilizing the feed.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable hardware storage devices having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of validating an Really Simple Syndication (“

RSS”

) feed against a schema, the method comprising;

receiving input from a user describing a feed location for the RSS feed that is to be validated;

displaying a selection interface that displays a plurality of schemas used by a content provider to display the RSS feed content through a website operated by the content provider;

receiving a selection from the user of a schema against which the RSS feed is to be validated, wherein the selection of the schema occurs when the user selects one of the plurality of schemas displayed on the selection interface;

receiving a request from the user to validate the RSS feed against the schema;

validating the RSS feed against the schema in response to receiving the request from the user to validate the RSS feed against the schema by determining that the RSS feed conforms to requirements of the schema;

based on validating the RSS feed against the schema, displaying one or more of a plurality of display templates configured for use with the RSS feed that has been validated against the schema, wherein the one or more of the plurality of display templates may be selected by a user through a user interface;

receiving a selection from the user of a display template from the plurality of display templates; and

indicating to the user that the RSS feed has been successfully validated against the schema by displaying at least a portion of feed content from the RSS feed in a representation that is based on the display template selected by the user that utilizes the schema, wherein the representation includes only the feed content corresponding to one or more fields of feed content selected by the user for display.

2. The devices of claim 1, wherein the feed location is an HTTP address.

3. The devices of claim 1, wherein the method further includes:

prior to said determining, receiving a request to view the schema; and

displaying the schema.

4. The devices of claim 1, wherein the display template is a generic template, and wherein the method further includes:

displaying a user interface that displays fields of the feed content with a selection box adjacent to each of the fields; and

receiving a selection of the one or more fields through the selection box to which the one or more fields are adjacent.

5. One or more computer-readable hardware storage devices having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that when executed perform a method of creating and validating schema for a Really Simple Syndication (“

RSS”

) feed, the method including;

displaying a schema-creation user interface that includes a specification portion through which one or more elements are received;

receiving, through the specification portion, an instruction from the user to add the one or more elements to the schema;

receiving an instruction to save the schema with the one or more elements added to the schema for display in a selection interface that displays a plurality of schemas used by a content provider to display the feed content through a website operated by the content provider;

receiving input describing a feed location for a feed that is to be validated against the schema;

receiving a request from the user to validate the feed against the schema;

based on receiving the request from the user to validate the feed against the schema validating the feed against the schema by determining that the feed conforms to requirements of the schema;

based on validating the feed, displaying one or more of a plurality of display templates configured for use with the feed that has been validated, wherein the one or more of the plurality of display templates may be selected by a user through a user interface;

receiving a selection from the user of a display template from the plurality of display templates; and

indicating to a user that the feed has been successfully validated against the schema by displaying at least a portion of feed content from the feed in a representation that is based on the display template selected by the user that utilizes the schema, wherein the representation includes only the feed content corresponding to one or more fields of feed content selected by the user for display.

6. The devices of claim 5, wherein the specification portion includes at least one drop-down menu through which at least one attribute associated with the schema is specified.

7. The devices of claim 5, wherein the method further includes displaying a user interface through which one of a plurality of display templates may be selected;

and receiving a selection of one of the plurality of display templates.

8. The devices of claim 5, wherein the display template is a generic template, and wherein the method further includes:

displaying a user interface that displays fields of the feed content with a selection box adjacent to each of the fields; and

receiving a selection of the one or more fields through the selection box to which the one or more fields are adjacent.

9. A method of validating an Really Simple Syndication (“

RSS”

) feed against a schema, the method comprising;

receiving input from a user describing a feed location for the RSS feed that is to be validated;

displaying a selection interface that displays a plurality of schemas used by a content provider to display the RSS feed content through a website operated by the content provider;

receiving a selection from the user of a schema against which the RSS feed is to be validated, wherein the selection of the schema occurs when the user selects one of the plurality of schemas displayed on the selection interface;

receiving a request from the user to validate the RSS feed against the schema;

validating the RSS feed against the schema in response to receiving the request from the user to validate the RSS feed against the schema by determining that the RSS feed conforms to requirements of the schema;

based on validating the RSS feed against the schema, displaying one or more of a plurality of display templates configured for use with the RSS feed that has been validated against the schema, wherein the one or more of the plurality of display templates may be selected by a user through a user interface;

receiving a selection from the user of a display template from the plurality of display templates; and

indicating to the user that the RSS feed has been successfully validated against the schema by displaying at least a portion of feed content from the RSS feed in a representation that is based on the display template selected by the user that utilizes the schema, wherein the representation includes only the feed content corresponding to one or more fields of feed content selected by the user for display.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the feed location is an HTTP address.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further includes:

prior to said determining, receiving a request to view the schema; and

displaying the schema.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the display template is a generic template, and wherein the method further includes:

displaying a user interface that displays fields of the feed content with a selection box adjacent to each of the fields; and

receiving a selection of the one or more fields through the selection box to which the one or more fields are adjacent.