XML, Mashups, and Drupal-as-Platform


Tags:

CMS: Drupal

Friday - 4:15pm - Friday - 5:15pm

Room:
room 2

Description:

This session will explore options and examples for using Drupal as a central content platform by processing XML data from various sources. Of special interest:

- Pulling public data into Drupal.
- Handling of Open APIs (Flickr, YouTube, Yahoo! Local).
- Using Drupal to present data stored in existing databases.
- Yahoo! Pipes on Drupal.

This session is related to Aggregation in Drupal, but focused more on leveraging Drupal's core modules to republish existing information.

Lead by:

Ken Rickard home | sample

Pesonally, I use HTTP methods for all my XML requests. I am looking for a co-presenter with experience in using XML-RPC to import data into Drupal.

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Ken Rickard
http://savannahnow.com/user/2
http://ken.blufftontoday.com/
http://ken.therickards.com