Process Flow for Feed Publishing and Consumption

The business process flow for developing, administering, and viewing feeds includes the following steps:

1. (Optional) The subject matter expert analyzes the requirements for new feed data types.

2. (Optional) The application developer develops new feeds.

   1. The application developer develops the new feed data types using Application Designer.

   2. The application developer adds the new feed types to the application.

3. The feed administrator identifies the feeds to publish.

4. (Optional) The feed administrator creates feed templates to aid with feed publication.

5. The feed administrator publishes:

   1. Individual feeds.

   2. “List of feeds” feeds.

6. The feed administrator creates and publishes feed definitions using one of the following methods:

   • The four steps of the Feed Publishing Wizard.

     (Optional) Feed templates are used to aid in creating feed definitions.

   • The Publish as Feed pages.

     (Optional) Feed templates are used to aid in creating feed definitions.

7. The application user searches for feeds and then:

   1. Views the feed.

   2. (Optional) Subscribes to the feed.

The following diagram illustrates the business process flow for developing, administering, and viewing feeds.