Re: Newsreaders display of categories

[Emmanuel Décarie <emm@scriptdigital.com>]

Hello Bill,

--- In syndication@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Kearney" <ml_yahoo@i...> wrote:
> 
> How about making use of the <description> element to contain HTML that 
presented
> your quiz question?  Use HTML to facilitate interaction with that item back to
> your quiz handling server.

But that's the point. I don't want the teacher to go back to another interface. Well sort 
of. IMO, but it need more usuability test, the tabular display for professional teachers 
that are involved in the process of making quizzes, or sharing quizzes can have bird 
views of what the quiz is all about.

> 
> Then also consider attaching your own module data in the item.  This way a
> reader that doesn't 'understand' your modular data can make use of the
> description.  A reader that evolves an awareness of your data would use your
> data in favor of the HTML description.

Excellent suggestion.

> Ben's book does a really good job of explaning the larger issues behind use of
> RDF.  That chapter alone makes the book worth purchasing.

Good!

> As to supporting this is a reader, if the readers that support columnar viewing
> of items started supporting other columns it would be nice.

Yes! That's exactly my point. You can carry a lot with tabular display.

Cheers

-Emmanuel