Re: [syndication] [DISCUSS] eXtensible Content Syndication (the next step for OCS)

[Aaron Swartz <aswartz@swartzfam.com>]

On Friday, August 10, 2001, at 04:59  PM, burtonator wrote:

> - - Doesn't support mime types.  XCS should support both 
> mimeTypes (text/xml, etc)
> and contentTypes.  Content types are used to provide a more 
> precise format
> explanation.  Example:
>
>     contentType="http://my.netscape.com/rdf/simple/0.9/";

MIME types are a form of content types... RFC2048 gives them 
URIs: the mime type prefixed by

ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/

as in

ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/text/html

I don't see any reason MIME types should be called out separately...

Let me propose a format:

<rdf:RDF xmlns="...xcs" ... >

   <Feed rdf:about="http://example.org/index.xcs";>

       <dc:title>OpenPrivacy (Reptile) Content Feed</dc:title>
       ...

       <rdf:li rdf:about="http://example.org/index.rss>

           <dc:language>en</dc:language>
           ...

           <format rdf:resource="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/"; />

       </rdf:li>
   </Feed>
</rdf:RDF>

Thoughts?

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