RSS 1.0 Modules: Aggregation

Authors

Gabe Beged-Dov, JFinity Systems LLC
Dan Brickley, ILRT
Rael Dornfest, O'Reilly & Associates
Ian Davis, Calaba, Ltd.
Leigh Dodds, xmlhack
Jonathan Eisenzopf, Whirlwind Interactive
David Galbraith, Moreover.com
R.V. Guha, guha.com
Eric Miller, Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
Eric van der Vlist, Dyomedea

Version

DRAFT 1.1 2000-08-16

Status

Proposed

Rights

Copyright © 2000 by the Authors.

Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute the RSS 1.0 Specification Proposal and its accompanying documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted in perpetuity, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph appear in all copies. The copyright holders make no representation about the suitability of the specification for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.

This copyright applies to the RSS 1.0 Specification Proposal and accompanying documentation and does not extend to the RSS format itself.

Description

Provides aggregator-added information about the original source of the RSS item.

Namespace Declarations

xmlns:ag="http://purl.org/rss/modules/aggregation/"

Model

<item> Elements:

<ag:source> ( #PCDATA )

<ag:sourceURL> ( #PCDATA )

<ag:timestamp> ( #PCDATA ) [ISO 8601]

Example

<?xml version="1.0"?> 

<rdf:RDF 
  xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 
  xmlns:ag="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/aggregation/"
  xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/"
> 

  <channel rdf:about="http://meerkat.oreillynet.com/?_fl=rss1.0">
    <title>Meerkat</title>
    <link>http://meerkat.oreillynet.com</link>
    <description>Meerkat: An Open Wire Service</description>
  </channel>

  <item rdf:about="http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r123" position="1">
    <inchannel rdf:resource="http://meerkat.oreillynet.com/?_fl=rss1.0" />
    <title>XML: A Disruptive Technology</title> 
    <link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r123</link>
    <description>
      XML is placing increasingly heavy loads on the existing technical
      infrastructure of the Internet.
    </description>
    <ag:source>XML.com</ag:source>
    <ag:sourceURL>http://www.xml.com</ag:sourceURL>
    <ag:timestamp>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</ag:timestamp>
  </item> 

</rdf:RDF>