#   $Id: README,v 1.3 2004/04/21 18:10:32 adam Exp $

XML/RSS/Tools version 0.14
==========================

RSS/RDF feeds are commonly available ways of distributing the latest news about a
given web site for news syndication. This module provides a VERY high level way of
manipulating them. You can easily use LWP, the XML::RSS and XML::LibXSLT do to this
yourself.

STATUS

This module is BETA code, it may have undocumented features "bugs", and the API
may change. However it is currently under active development and so now is the
time to add features to the code base before the API becomes fixed.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

It will install okay on Windows with ActiveState Perl without a compiler just
use the free Microsoft nmake tool instead of make.

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other non-core modules for full functionality:

  XML::LibXSLT XML::LibXML
  XML::RSS
  URI
  LWP or HTTP::GHTTP or HTTP::Lite

XML::RSS older versions than version 0.98 have a number of defects and
limitations, please upgrade if possible.

XML::LibXML and XML::LibXSLT rely on the GNOME libxml2 and libxslt libraries
which need to be installed before attempting to install the Perl modules.

OLDER VERSIONS

To keep CPAN trim, older versions of this module will be continually culled as
newer versions are loaded. Older versions are archive on backPAN here:
http://history.perl.org/backpan/authors/id/A/AT/ATRICKETT/  and I keep copies
myself which are also available upon request.


COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Adam Trickett

XML::RSS::Tools, Copyright iredale Consulting 2002-2004

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

See POD for full details.

