Overview of Wink-based Feed Samples

Feeds are a mechanism to deliver content in a standardized specification format. Atom Syndication Format and RSS are two such specifications. Apache Wink is an open-source project providing feed support (in addition to being an implementation of JAX-RS) within WebSphere Application Server. Wink has both read and write support for Atom syndication format, Atom Publishing Protocol and RSS.

Feed samples, and what they demonstrate

The Feed samples have been built to demonstrate the Atom and RSS support in Wink. In addition, it also demonstrates Atom Publishing Protocol support. See the following specific scenarios that the samples support. Also refer to the Installation section for details on how to test these scenarios.

Package structure

The Feed sample application is distributed as IBM® WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack for Web 2.0, a stand-alone package, and as an Eclipse plug-in.