Using a static XML file

From Xcri

A simple and efficient way to implement an XCRI provider is to generate a static XML file served from a particular URL using a regular webserver. This has the advantages of better performance as it can leverage the static file handling capabilities of the webserver. The process of generating the XML file from source data can be automated using cron to schedule the generation script.

This method is only really suitable for the Simple aggregation pattern and doesn't enable support for Filtering courses by subject or Supporting XQuery, but is probably quite sufficient for many providers.

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This was the approach used by the OCCAM Project for courses information from The Open University.