Re: [syndication] creation vs availability date in <dc:date>

[Karl Ove Hufthammer <huftis@tiscali.no>]

2001-12-05 13:32:19, "kristjanjansen" <kika@sloleht.ee>:

> There are cases when resource creaton and availability
> dates are different. For example - an online magazine
> articles are originally created earlier, but complete
> online edition rolls out (and RSS will be updated) once a
> week.

The dc:date should be the date the resource the item pointed to
became available, i.e. the 'online date'.

> What <dc:date> should I add to <item>s, and what to
> <channel>? Item creation date to <item>, RSS channel
> creation date to <channel>?

Yes.

> How aggregators take advantage of <dc:date>?

The display them, or (at least can) sort channels/items by
them.

> When <channel> date and <item> dates are different, who
> will overload who?

the 'channel date' should be equal to the last updated 'item
date'. For a real-life example, see
<URL: http://home.no.net/huftis/rss/huftis.xml >.

-- 
Karl Ove Hufthammer