Re: Syndicating other kinds of content with RSS

[Aaron Swartz <aswartz@swartzfam.com>]

peteb@aliaron.com <peteb@aliaron.com> wrote:

>> There's never a _need_ for a link, but is there really no web page that would
>> be appropriate? Don't you provide the calendar on the Web in HTML?
> There would be a need for a <link> element in RSS 1.0 right ? And it
> wouldn't necessarily have to point to html, right ?

Yes on both counts.

> For the definition of a calendar event ( or any other potentially
> rich content ) in the context of RSS 1.0, one seemingly important
> question is the mapping of calendar event elements to RSS 1.0
> constructs. e.g. does hot dog go in <description>, a <content:item>,
> in a document referenced by the <link> element, ( which I believe
> might contain arbitrarily rich content ( i.e not a web page ) ), in
> multiple 'places' etc.

I believe the mapping for an event is rather clear:

<item rdf:about="http://aaronsw.com/calendar/1211";>
  <title>Meeting with Joe Bloggs</title>
  <link>http://aaronsw.com/calendar/1211</link>
  <dc:date>2001-3-14T19:20+01:00</dc:date>
</item>

The mapping for the lunch menu is a little more difficult, but I think
description might be a better fit.

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