Re: Re: Atom and RDF

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:06:51 +0100, Ian Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 13/10/2004 18:08, Julian Bond wrote:
> > Alex Kolesnichenko <yahoo-KwUv6+pz0nRWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >><enclosure>s are broken from the another side -- I cannot specify more than
> >>one <enclosure>. And, the worst, I cannot specify alternative <enclosure>s
> >>(ie. user could have a choice to download radio show in either MP3 record
> >>format or its script in DOC).
> >
> >
> > Or via BitTorrent. This last one I think is important. I can well
> > imagine a provider saying, "Please use this BT URL to save my bandwidth,
> > but if your aggregator can't cope with that, here's the MP3 URL."
> 
> How's this as a hypothetical RSS module:
> 
> <rss:item>
>    <rss:title>Ian's Bad Poem</rss:title>
>    <encl:enclosure rdf:resource="http://example.com/torrent"
>       dc:format="application/x-bittorrent"  <!-- whatever -->
>       dc:title="Bit torrent link to mp3" />
>    <encl:enclosure rdf:resource="http://example.com/mp3"
>       dc:format="audio/mpeg"
>       dc:title="MP3 of me reading my poem" />
>    <encl:enclosure rdf:resource="http://example.com/text"
>       dc:format="text/plain"
>       dc:title="My poem itself" />
> </rss:item>
> 
> Clients can choose to download the most appropriate format, either
> automatically or by presenting a series of links to the user with the
> titles supplied.
> 
> The encl:enclosure elements can be extended with any RDF properties.
> Some useful ones from Dublin Core include 'license', 'publisher',
> 'audience'. MusicBrainz define some other interesting ones such as
> 'duration' which could also add value.

Hmm, they all look like different representations of the same resource
- shouldn't this be the job of HTTP?

Having said that it doesn't sound unreasonable as a way of getting
round the link->content vs. link->meta->content issue that crops up
with BT and RA etc.

Couple of useful resources, in case anyone hasn't yet Googled into them:

Survey of playlist formats:

http://gonze.com/playlists/playlist-format-survey.html 

Portable playlist Wiki:

http://playlist.musicbrainz.org/playlist/moin.cgi/FrontPage

Cheers,
Danny.

-- 

http://dannyayers.com


 
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