Subscription management for resource content is disclosed. A subscriber device selects an event topic based on an event topic list. The subscriber device creates a topic path for the selected event topic to receiving a notification event related to the selected event topic. The subscriber device sends path information of the created topic path as part of identification information of the subscriber device, along with the selected event topic, to a resource content publishing device, and the topic path indicates a document. The subscriber device receives the notification event sent by the resource content publishing device to the subscriber device according to the identification information of the subscriber device, wherein at least one field of the document indicates the receipt of the notification event.