.. authors: Schimon Jehudah Zachary ; xmpp:sch@pimux.de?message .. category: journal .. comments: true .. date: 2025-09-16 0:00:00 UTC .. description: The mechanism of microsummary allows to have both static and dymamic titles for internet sites, for any purpose, from special announcements to advretizing items of a garage sale, and more. .. enclosures: An example microsummary extension of NLnet ; /enclosures/nlnet-next-deadline.xml An XSLT stylesheet for microsummary extension; /enclosures/microsummary.xsl .. link: 2025-09-16-add-dynamic-summaries-to-your-site .. related: Microsummary topics ; https://udn.realityripple.com/docs/Archive/Mozilla/Microsummary_topics Microsummary XML grammar reference ; https://udn.realityripple.com/docs/Archive/Mozilla/Microsummary_topics/XML_grammar_reference Creating a Microsummary ; https://udn.realityripple.com/docs/Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_microsummary Microsummary - Microformats ; http://microformats.org/wiki/page-summary-formats Microsummaries XML Namespace ; https://mozilla.org/microsummaries/0.1 Live Title Generator ; http://userstyles.org/livetitle/ OSCON - Microsummaries on the internet ; https://mdn.dev/archives/media/presentations/microsummaries/ mykzilla: microsummaries beyond bookmarks ; http://melez.com/mykzilla/2006/07/microsummaries-beyond-bookmarks.html .. slug: 2025-09-16-add-dynamic-summaries-to-your-site .. tags: dynamic title, live title, microsummary, syndication, tutorial, xml, xpath, xsl .. title: Add dynamic summaries to your site .. type: text .. image:: /graphics/newspaper.svg :alt: Newspaper :height: 150px :loading: lazy :target: /graphics/newspaper.svg :width: 150px When a site offers a microsummary (a regularly updated summary of the premier information on a given internet page), people can create a bookmark with a "Dynamic Title", otherwise known as so-called "Live Title". These Dynamic Titles are compact enough to fit in an area which is available to a typical bookmark label, dashboard, pager, PDA, or desktop notification. Dynamic Titles display helpful information about pages than static page titles, and are regularly updated with current and latest information. Unlike RSS, Dynamic Titles are temporary, and are subjected to instant changes and updates that are intended to be quick, short and ephemeral, and are not meant to be permamaent, because they only represent concerns of current moments. Compared to the messaging and telecommunication system of XMPP, RSS may be regarded as consistent "presence" messages, and Dynamic Titles can be regarded as temporary "regular" messages. The change rate of Dynamic Titles is typically shorter and more frequent than of RSS. There are various of sites that can be bookmarked with Dynamic Titles, and Rivitsa offers this capability as well. Usage ````` Whether you manage a Sunday service of a Church, and you want to advertize the number of members who are expected to attend at next service; or advertize of products of an auction, garage sale, or inventory store; or advertize items of catalogues such as arts, music, poems, songs, or words; or advertise of current geographical data or weather forecast. The possibilities are indeed vast and useful. It is recommended for catalogues (e.g. "word of the day"), forums, publications, trackers, et cetera, to utilize Dynamic Titles as a secondary mean to RSS. Code ```` Example code of a microsummary. Metadata and plain text ----------------------- In file `/index.xhtml` add this code inside the element ``. .. code:: xml Create a file `/index.txt` and add this note. .. epigraph:: Community choir gathering is set to next Tuesday. Of course, it would be more productive that the data file `/index.txt` would be updated automatically, unless you have a special requirement to update it manually. Upon adding a bookmark of page `/index.xhtml` internet browsers that support Dynamic Titles would prompt to utilize the static or the dynamic title of a given page. Microsummaries XML namespace ---------------------------- The secondary fashion is to have an XML file which would have the directives to extract the desired data. This is particularly helpful when the subject page, which has the desired data, has no support for microsummaries, yet. .. code:: xml https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Slixfeed/src/branch/master/slixfeed.doap Adding the URL of that XML file will create a bookmark which would display the current version of Slixfeed news service. Examples ```````` Type of contexts, pages, and possible microsummaries. Activity -------- Community activity name; and time remaining. .. epigraph:: 🎾 Tennis - 2 hours and 14 minutes left Version check ------------- Project name; commit number; and commit date. .. epigraph:: Slixfeed - b23ae16657 - 2025-07-06 11:17:21 +03:00 Auction ------- Item name; current highest bid; and time remaining. .. epigraph:: 💻 Purism Librem 15 - $300 - 1 day left BitTorrent ---------- Latest completed torrent. .. epigraph:: 🎞 The News-Benders (1968) Broadcast --------- Production name; radio show name; host name; and time remaining for show start. .. epigraph:: RLM: Behind The Woodshed - Hal Anthony - 17 minutes countdown Countdown --------- Number of days to an event. .. epigraph:: 42 days left Events ------ Event name; subject name; current number of attendeed; and speaker. .. epigraph:: FOSDEM 2025 - Nostr - 1272 attendeed - Wouter Constant Firewall server --------------- Component name; sum of blocked advertisements; sumof blocked scripts; and state. .. epigraph:: pi-hole: 53427 ads - 3456 scripts - updating database Component name; number of blocked IP addresses; and current mode. .. epigraph:: OpenWRT: 548 blocked - deny incomming Forum thread ------------ Thread name; number of comments; and last commenter. .. epigraph:: Movim interoperability with the Libervia Forums system- 162 comments - Goffi Freight shipment ---------------- Product name; package number; status; current mean; and current place. .. epigraph:: 7 ounce of gold - 53FT92437HA - shipping - armored trucks - Khazakhstan Fundraise --------- Sum of fund; and number of people who pledged. .. epigraph:: 🪙 784,957 Monero - 13,623 supporters Gaming server ------------- AssaultCube CLA versus RVSF playing Capture The Flag. Game name; rivals; and score. .. epigraph:: CTF: 🔴 １５ 🔵 １９ .. epigraph:: CLA: １５; RVSF: １９ (CTF) AssaultCube statistics. Sum of player; and sum of spectators. .. epigraph:: 8578 (37 spectators) Gathering quorum ---------------- Current number of expected attendeed; and pastor name. .. epigraph:: 47 attendeed - Peter J. Fuentes IP address check ---------------- Protocol version; and address. .. epigraph:: IPv4: 127.0.0.1 IRC channel ----------- Number of participants. .. epigraph:: 362 participants MOTD ---- Message of the day. .. epigraph:: Deyr fé deyja frændr deyr sjálfr it sama ek veit einn at aldri deyr dómr um dauðan hvern. -- Hávamál v78 News site --------- Programme name; and latest headline. .. epigraph:: NLnet NGI0: A succesful experiment of a homebrew printed RISC-V processor Poll ---- .. epigraph:: Left 38:62 Right Product for sale ---------------- Product name; current price; and availability. .. epigraph:: MNT Reform - $430 - 608 units in stock Profile ------- Contact name; activity (XEP-0108); and mood (XEP-0107). .. epigraph:: Erika: ⛷ skiing - 🤨 serious Rating ------ Rating level. .. epigraph:: 🌟🌟🌟🌟⭐ Risk alert ---------- District name; danger level, or type; details about danger; and advisory. .. epigraph:: PE: 🚗 1 car accident - 0 casualties .. epigraph:: PH: 🚨 7 armed drones - 4 casualties - remain underground .. epigraph:: SN: 🔥 2 square miles - 0 casualties - escapement from road 41 .. epigraph:: TX: 🌊 4 square miles - 30 missing - escapement from Mount Clara Stock quote ----------- Stock price and movement. .. epigraph:: MNT: 732.74 + 0.15 ⬆ Streaming server ---------------- MPD currently played concerto. .. epigraph:: 🎼 Antonio Vivaldi - Autunno - Adagio molto Icecast currently played show. .. epigraph:: 🎙 Tales from Babylon - Military Disability Support ticket -------------- Ticket number; status; owner; and ETA. .. epigraph:: ConverseJS - In progress - JCBrand - ETA: 4 days 3 hours System monitor -------------- Component name; temperature; and current state. .. epigraph:: CPU: 🟡 25℃ (working) .. epigraph:: CPU: 🔴 75℃ (critical) Component name; I/O rate; and current state. .. epigraph:: Disk: Reading: 🟢 4KiB/s (routine) - Writing: 🟠 35MiB/s (high) Turnament --------- Player name; and current score. .. epigraph:: Mike 🯷🯱 - 🯸🯴 Doug Racer name; and current place. .. epigraph:: 1st: Mike.C - 2nd: Doug.O - 3rd: Lee.R - 4th: Hal.A Version check ------------- Software name; and version number. .. epigraph:: Gajim - version 0.16.1 Viking word of the day ---------------------- Norse word of the day. .. epigraph:: Vindauga (lit. “wind-eye”) Weather report -------------- Country name; temperature; and current forecast. .. epigraph:: PA: 🌤 25℃ (mostly sunny) Conclusion `````````` Typically, a bookmark title will be the page title and will not change. Dynamic titles offer automatically updating bookmark titles of specific information of a given page. For example, if you were bookmarking an online auction, the title might inform you of the current highest bid and the period of time for which the auction will be open for. In that manner, you do not have to keep visiting the site to see that information, and, instead, you can gaze at a bookmark (dynamic) title, and by that to have subtle updates about occasional concerns. Microsummaries are helpful, useful, and cheap to maintain. Post script ``````````` While microsummaries were initially made for bookmarks, they are also usable for dashboards, desktops and other software of other types and environments.