Re: [syndication] Outlines in XML

[Stephen Downes <stephen.downes@ualberta.ca>]

NewsTrolls Threads are now available in RDF (0.9). See
<http://www.newstrolls.com/cgi_bin/clist/topiclist.cgi?topicid=964117939>

One comment and/or question:

NewsTrolls Threads is two-tiered. That is, there is a list of topics, and
then in each topic, there is a list of posts (we do not thread discussions
per se, though we allow for reply and multi-reply).

Thus, there are two twpes of RDF files: one, which is a list of topics,
and the second, which is a list of posts within a given topic.

Now for the comment/question: there seems to be no way - from
what I've seen - to link the two types of RDF files in the current
discussions of RSS formats (If I am right bout this, then it's a comment;
if I'm wrong, then it's a question).

I would like some way to indicate in our topics.rdf file that there
exists a specifictopic.rdf file for each topic listed.

Intuitively, I would use <item about="specifictopic.rdf">. But there
seems to be no consensus on this (or is there?)

Your comments would be appreciated.


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Stephen Downes - Information Architect - University of Alberta
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