Re: SSR-Enabling an RSS 2.0 Module

["Shelley Powers" <shelleyp@burningbird.net>]

--- In syndication@yahoogroups.com, "Danny Ayers" <danny666@v...> 
wrote:
> "This document describes by example how an RSS module developer can 
use the
> Simple Semantics Resolution module [1] to minimise the ambiguity in 
their
> RSS 2.0 module definition, and make their feed suitable for use on 
the
> Semantic Web. It is a straightforward process and the amount of work
> required will depend on the complexity of the module. A simple RSS 
2.0
> module will need very little effort indeed. The example used in this
> document (a module for media reviews), is relatively simple but has 
been
> designed to demonstrate the all the operations that may be 
required."
> 
> Another first draft - usual blah-de-blah applies.
> 
> http://ideagraph.net/xmlns/ssr/modules.htm
> 
> Cheers,
> Danny.
> 

Extraordinary piece of work Danny, but I'm on a bit of a semantics 
kick lately -- when you say making RSS 2.0 suitable for use on the 
semantic web, do you mean, transforming the straight XML syntax of 
RSS 2.0 into an RDF-based format that can be combined with other 
RDF/XML formats? I don't necessarily see this as enabling RSS 2.0 for 
the semantic web, because there's little true semantics associated 
with RSS. 

Actually, that's the real reason for this post -- do you all see 
a 'semantics' associated with syndication data, and if so, what is 
it? Probably should just start a separate thread, but Danny's posting 
seemed a natural entry point.

As I said, on a 'semantic' kick lately and the title of your document 
was an eye catcher for me.

Shelley