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RE: [syndication] Some suggestions for RSS .92
Tristan says:
>><about></about>
>> Since this is optional most sites would not bother to include it.
>> The info would be handy to have, but most of the time when I
>> need this it is to find a contact at the site so that I can tell
>> them that they've broken their XML.
> ... and that's why it could be useful. I thought that it might be a good
> idea to have it as part of the channel in case people want to offer more
> info about a channel.
I can certainly live with it.
>>This says that the site has 6 forms of the "Tristan's Stuff"
>>syndicated and 2 forms of "Jeff's Stuff". The implication is
>>that all of the things within a <dataset> are essentially
>>different representations of the same information.
> That does sound like a better idea. A question, though (just to make sure
I
> understand this properly): this root file would be different from the RSS
> channel file?
Correct. It would be a site-level syndication directory. It seems cleaner
to have a directory to different types of syndicated info on a site than
to have to wrap it all up in one. That way we can separately evolve
broadband, audio, and other syndication formats.
> If so, I think it would be really cool as a site could list
> all the channels available in a root file. However, isn't that what the
> Dublin Core tried to accomplish?
I'm not one to speak authoritatively about the Dublin Core. Until
I did a search a minute ago I thought it was from Dublin Ireland.
Wrong! Turns out it is Dublin Ohio... Shows how much I know.
Jeff;
Jeff Barr - Vertex Development
Office: 425-868-4919 *** New Number ***
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TNL
still a newbie at XML but trying to contribute :)
>Jeff;
>
>Jeff Barr - Vertex Development
>Office: 425-868-4919 *** New Number ***
>Home: 425-836-5624
>mailto:jeff@vertexdev.com
>http://www.vertexdev.com/~jeff
>http://jeffbarr.editthispage.com/
>4610 191st Place NE. Redmond, WA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tristan Louis [mailto:tristan@dorsai.org]
>Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 12:19 PM
>To: syndication@egroups.com
>Subject: [syndication] Some suggestions for RSS .92
>
>
>I'd like to suggest a few optional additions to the specification. Here are
>some ideas I'd like to throw around for discussion:
>
>At the item level:
>
><date></date>: This would allow us to specify a particular date for an
item.
>I think it would be nice for those of us who have several days' worth of
>content in their RDF channel.
>
>At the channel level:
>
>These could be encapsulated in to an <external></external> section that
>would include all links to outside of the channel.
>
><about></about> : Much like <link></link> points to the page the channel is
>for <about></about> could point to a page of information about this
channel.
>this could link to a FAQ or more information about the channel.
>
><wireless></wireless>: Points to a page where wireless devices can go.
>
><broadband></broadband>: Points to a page where broadband devices can go.
>
><narrowband></narrowband>: Points to a page where narrowband devices
>(browsers for blind people, text-only browsers, etc..) can go
>
><p3></p3>: Points to a P3P page to check the privacy rules
>
><sound></sound>: Points to either a VXML source file (which can be read by
a
>VXML browser) or a sound file. For example, it could serve up a radio feed
>related to this story.
>
><video></video>: Same as above with video or SMIL file.
>
>That said, here's what a source could look like (changes are bolded and
URLs
>are fictional (but I cut and pasted my .91 channel content for speed
>reasons)):
>
>-------------- Suggested RSS .92 code starts here --------------------
>
><?xml version="1.0" ?>
><!DOCTYPE NewDocTypeLinkGoesHere>
><rss version="0.92">
>
><channel>
> <header>
> <managingEditor>tnl@tnl.net</managingEditor>
> <copyright>Copyright 1999-present, Tristan
>Louis.</copyright>
> <title>TNL.net Newsletter</title>
> <description>Technology News from Tristan
>Louis</description>
> <language>en-us</language>
> <rating></rating>
> </header>
>
> <image>
> <title>TNL.net</title>
>
><url>http://www.tnl.net/presentation/images/TNLpalmlogo.gif</url>
> <width>125</width>
> <height>44</height>
> <description>Technology News from Tristan
>Louis</description>
> </image>
>
>
> <external>
> <link>http://www.tnl.net</link>
> <about>http://www.tnl.net/about/</about>
> <wireless>http://wap.tnl.net</wireless>
>
><broadband>http://www.tnl.net/100Megabytepage.html</broadband>
>
><narrowband>http://www.tnl.net/forreallylightcontentpage.html</narrowband>
> <p3>http://www.tnl.net/p3p.xml</p3>
> <sound>http://www.tnl.net/myvoicebasedchannel.vxml</sound>
> <video>http://www.tnl.net/myvideofeed.smil</video>
> </external>
>
> <item>
> <title>Story 1</title>
> <link>http://www.tnl.net/newsletter/anewstory.html</link>
> <description>Can you believe this. We're actually
describing
>the content of the link here</description>
> <date>10/13/2000</date>
> </item>
>
> <item>
> <title>Some older story</title>
> <link>http://www.tnl.net/newsletter/olderstory.html</link>
> <description>Can you believe this. We're actually
describing
>the content of the link here</description>
> <date>01/01/2000</date>
> </item>
>
>
></channel>
></rss>
>
>-------------- Suggested RSS .92 code ends here --------------------
>
>As part of the deal, I'd also move the original channel link and image link
>into the external field under a single link header (unless some people can
>tell me where they have a different link for the image and the channel.
>
>Your thoughts on this?
>
>TNL
>
>PS: Full disclosure time - My interest in syndication is related to both
>past and present. For starters, I have my own personal web site that I use
>to publish a newsletter (and offer a channel). Providing an easy to use
>format for summary distribution is a great way to increase traffic to it
and
>expose people to my ideas.
>Second, I'm starting a company called Moveable Media
>(http://www.moveablemedia.com), which is trying to bridge the gap between
>online and offline media. While online syndication is WAY in the future for
>us (we're first focusing on providing tools that will allow people to deal
>with freelancers), it is something that we are seeing as a potential future
>arena for us.
>
>
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