System and method using a simplified XML format for real-time content publication
A system and method for delivering content in real-time using advanced messaging technology that reduces the risk of content being lost or dropped in transmission. The system and method utilize a custom, simplified XML format to deliver real-time textual, numeric, and metadata content directly to subscribers. The XML tag set specifies all of the information needed to package, process, and distribute real-time content messages and includes an advanced tagging structure that allows granular content customization. Messages are built on the fly using multi-channel data processing techniques. The XML delivery system and method offers an array of real-time market-specific page-based “Alert” services and aggregated newswires with accompanying real-time numeric data feeds. These feeds contain proprietary assessments and other price data across a broad spectrum of global and regional commodity markets, including oil, petrochemicals, metals, electric power, natural gas, coal, and risk.
1. A computerized method for delivering messages to a plurality of subscribers, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving, at a computerized delivery system, a plurality of incoming data messages from one or more content providers, wherein the incoming data messages are in XML 1.0 format and comprised of XML market data with pre-defined sets of tags;
identifying a content type of at least one of said received messages;
checking at least one of said plurality of incoming data messages for errors;
forwarding a message to an error queue;
building audit messages including error conditions, exceptions, and status conditions;
electronically logging error conditions, exceptions, and status conditions;
forwarding said received message to at least one processing node within the delivery system, wherein said at least one processing node is associated with the content type of said received message;
building a subscriber-specific content message at said processing node by determining a subscription permission code associated with said received message using a permissions database and by transforming the format of said received message from XML 1.0 format to XML 2.0 format;
authorizing the delivery of the subscriber-specific content message to at least one of a plurality of said subscribers based on said permission code; and
delivering said subscriber-specific content message to at least one of said subscribers in real-time, wherein said delivered messages are in XML 2.0 format.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein message processing within the delivery system is organized into execution groups, message flows, and nodes.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the delivery system further includes a metadata message execution group, a numeric message execution group, and a textual message execution group.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of checking messages for errors further includes checking numeric messages for missing pricepoint, symbol, datapoint, permcode, datetime, bate, trans attributes, or permission tags.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said message type is one of numerical, textual, news metadata, or analytics metadata.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the step of identifying the type of at least one of said received messages is accomplished using a unique XML tag set.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the delivered messages are customized for said at least one subscriber.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein authorizing the delivery of the subscriber-specific content message includes verifying that said at least one of said subscribers is an entity that subscribes to messages having said content type.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said at least one of said subscribers is a subscribing entity that has requested market-specific alert messages.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content type of said received message is numerical and said processing node is specifically configured to process numerical messages.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein said received message includes a numerical tag.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content type of said received message is textual and said processing node is specifically configured to process textual messages.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein said received message includes a textual tag.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content type of said received message is news metadata and said processing node is specifically configured to process news metadata.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein said received message includes a metadata tag.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content type of said received message is analytics metadata and said processing node is specifically configured to process analytics metadata.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein said received message includes a metadata tag.