CDF - Channel Definition Format
CDF (Channel Definition Format) is the proposed open industry standard for
data definition of content to be pushed across the Internet. CDF is an application
of XML, which is a subset of
SGML, that specifies how data can be automatically broadcast
from any web server to compatible receiver programs on client computers
requesting such broadcasts.
Channel Definition Format Press Release made by Microsoft lists the wide industry
support for its efforts in trying to define standard data definition formats. Here you
will find links to numerous vendors in support of CDF.
Microsoft's Submission Request
to W3C contains the request for adoption of the proposed CDF standard. The complete
syntax of the CDF language is specified as proposed in this March 1997 submission to the W3C.
CDF Definition this provides a
summary of proposed changes to the original CDF submission to the W3C.
It defines a channel and many tags and attributes
of CDF. This document provides CDF language syntax.
CDF 101: Creating a Simple Channel is a Microsoft tutorial that covers how to set up
a CDF channel for content delivery under Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.
Push Your Web Pages
is an Information Week article that discusses the new proposed push standards by Netscape
and Microsoft.
Making Push
Work for You is a NetGuide magazine article that provides an introduction to Push
technology. It lists vendors that offer Push products and briefly offers a few opinions
on the CDF standard.
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