[AG-DEV] Example RSS for AG3 scheduling feeds

[Todd Zimmerman]

I gotta say..... this is the coolest thing.

Finally getting around to testing this out and we are _all_ over this.  Got a test feed running at
www.westgrid.ca/collabvis/westgrid-ag.rss for anyone that is interested.

Thanks Tom et al,

Todd...

Thomas D. Uram wrote:
> 
> AG3 has an integrated RSS reader for presenting schedule data directly
> in the VenueClient,
> from which users can go to event webpages or join event venues.  I'm
> giving an example
> here of the format of the feed used, so people can publish their own
> feeds, mostly for
> testing with the current beta release.
> 
> We're using RSS2.  Everything we're doing conforms to the spec, which
> can be
> found here:
> 
>     http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
> 
> A couple notable points:
> 
> - the venue url goes in an enclosure section (exemplified below)
> - the date format must be adhered to for correct parsing, as specified
> in section 5 of
>    RFC822.
> 
> Here's the sample RSS (also up at
> http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~turam/AG/sample.rss):
> 
> <rss version="2.0">
> <channel>
>     <pubDate>28 Jan 2006 09:00:00 UT</pubDate>
>     <title>AccessGrid Dev</title>
>     <link>http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid</link>
>     <description>Upcoming events hosted by the Argonne Access Grid
> Developers</description>
>     <managingEditor>ag-info at mcs.anl.gov</managingEditor>
> 
>     <item>
>         <pubDate>16 Feb 2006 16:00:00 UT</pubDate>
>         <title>Access Grid Test Meeting</title>
>         <description>empty description</description>
>         <link>http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid</link>
>         <enclosure
> url="https://vv3.mcs.anl.gov:8000/Venues/7f0000014bcd04036f4482e84f4d45bc"
> length="1" type="application/x-ag-venueclient"/>
>     </item>
> 
> </channel>
> </rss>
> 
> 
> And some notes on that:
> 
> - The format is clearly a channel with some channel data (pubDate,
> title, etc.) and an item.
>    There can be multiple items in a channel.
> - The channel title and pubDate are shown in the VenueClient.
> - The channel link, description, and managingEditor are not currently
> used, but I'd
>     like to use them in the future, so include them here.
> - All of the data in the item is used, except the description which I'd
> like to use in
>    the future.
> 
> 
> Comments are encouraged.
> 
> Tom
> 
>