RSS Module Template Suggestion [was: RSS Modularization Demo...]

[Rael Dornfest <rael@oreilly.com>]

Hi,

I'll be glad to fiddle with a registry/discussion/voting prototype 
over the next few days.  For the time being, though, a mailing
list is a fine venue for such proposals and associated discussion,
assuming the subject line is at all descriptive.

As far as a core set of modules is concerned, how about we just
start tossing about some ideas.  Not to get too format about it,
how about the following template to start with:

--------------------------------------------------------------
Name(space):
Purpose:
Components / Element Set:
Example (optional):
--------------------------------------------------------------

For example:

--------------------------------------------------------------
Name(space): 

  thread 

Purpose: 

  To allow the building of RSS-based threads by associating
  an <item> with a parent via unique identifier (usually URL).

Components / Element Set:
  
  * <thread:parent>
    The unique identifier (usually URL) of the parent <item>.

Example (optional):

  <rss version="0.91">
     <channel>
     ...
      <item>
       <title>re: A funny thing happened<title>
       <description>
        For me, it all started back in 1974...
       </description>
       <link>
        http://fascinating.com/read.php?forum=nifty&id=127
       </link>
       <threading:parent>
        http://fascinating.com/read.php?forum=nifty&id=123
       </threading:parent>
      </item>
     ...
     </channel>
    </rss>
  
--------------------------------------------------------------

If there are no objections, I can post the example modules
used in my modularization demo (drawn partially from various 
earlier suggestions on this and the RSS list) using the
above-mentioned template.

What do you folks think?  We could use an XML template, but
I think some might consider that more than is necessary and
not a little bit pedantic ;-)

Rael

On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, David Galbraith wrote:

> So I guess next steps are to work out a core set of modules and how they are
> managed.
> DG

Rael

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