RE: [syndication] Re: PRISM and RSS

[dave.cantrell@gunter.af.mil]

>It may not help you, but it sure helps the aggregators. Think about it: if
>you have a site about programming, it's quite logical for you to put out a
>file with <category>Python</category>. However, someone with a site about
>snakes may put out the same thing (and mean something completely
>different!). The clueless aggregating software would happily lump both
>stories together. (You can see this kind of thing happening already in some
>feeds, like Moreover's.) Using URIs, you make it clear to an aggregator
what
>you're talking about and prevent this kind of thing from happening.

I understand that, and actually agree with its intent.

My question is, am I "breaking" RDF if I create my own arbitrary elements?
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>Thanks for the faith. I hope that RDF comes in handy for you someday soon!

Actuall, that's why I have faith, because I believe it will. I do believe it
can and will be useful, and I see the promise, I'm just stuck in the middle
--
I can see the "promised land", I'm just not sure how to get there!

-dave

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<rdf:RDF
  xmlns:rdf     = "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#";
  xmlns:ocs     = "http://InternetAlchemy.org/ocs/directory#";
  xmlns:dc      = "http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core#";
  xmlns:ilnews  = "https://web2.ssg.gunter.af.mil/il/modules/othernews";>

  <rdf:description
about="https://web2.ssg.gunter.af.mil/IL/modules/othernews/channels.ocs";>

    <dc:title>IL SPO External News Hub</dc:title>
    <dc:creator>SSgt Dave Cantrell (mailto:dave.cantrell@gunter.af.mil)
</dc:creator>
    <dc:description>This is a list of external channels made available to
the IL SPO community</dc:description>
    
    <ilnews:category name="Top Stories">

      <rdf:description
about="http://www.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?o=portal&amp;c=Top%20stories";>
        <dc:title>Top Stories</dc:title>
        <dc:identifier>topstories</dc:identifier>
        <dc:creator>Moreover</dc:creator>
        <rdf:description
about="http://p.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?c=Top%20stories&amp;o=rss";>
          <ocs:format>http://backend.userland.com/rss091</ocs:format>
        </rdf:description>
      </rdf:description>

    </ilnews:category>

  </rdf:description>
</rdf:RDF>