Re: [syndication] Syndicating other kinds of content with RSS

[Ian Graham <ian.graham@utoronto.ca>]

Hi Bill --

I've been mulling over 'generic' syndication ideas, and you'll find some
notes at:

http://www.java.utoronto.ca/news/

There is a rough language specification (look to the 'XML dialects'
section ) but no code that makes these ideas worth anything. On the other
hand, It should be relatively easy to extend RSS to support what you want,
and given that most RSS processors are non-validating you shouldn't have
to worry about leaving off the <link> element ;-)

You might also want to look at the iCalendar specifications (RFCs 2445-
2449). One of these defines a spec for calendar data (non-XML,
unfortunately).  I believe there is work underway to 'xmlize' it -- you
might want to check out the IETF calendaring and scheduling working group,
at:

http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/calsch-charter.html

Best --

Ian

On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Bill Dennen wrote:

> Hi there-
> 
> I have a question about syndicating content other than NEWS FEEDS using RSS. 
> "Syndicating" might not be the right word, so I apologize.
> 
> Basically, we'd like to set up an infrastructure that uses RSS for content 
> other than news feeds. We're in the process of putting together some 
> proposals for creating a personalized web page for students at the 
> university where I work. I'd like to see us use XML as the basis for some of 
> this, including RSS.
> 
> For example, we'd like to set up thing so that dining menus and events 
> calendars can be "syndicated." We could do something like this:
> 
> <item>
>   <title>Lunch - March 14, 2001</title>
>   <link></link>
>   <description>Hot dog, French fries, Pizza strips</description>
> </item>
> 
> Note, there wouldn't be a need for a <link> in this, however, the RSS spec 
> seems to require it.
> 
> Is anyone using RSS to syndicate this type of content. Does anyone have any 
> tips or pointers? Am I crazy to think that  we can do things this way?
> 
> Thanks-
> Bill
> 
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