Re: New on RSS 1.0 - need some help!!!

Hi Teresa,

> Thank you very much for your kind help :)

You are welcome. :-)

> English is not my birth language and therefore sometimes it is
> difficult to understand the exact meaning of a sentence ...

I will endeavour to be as clear as possible.

> I wanted to ask you something else:
> I read in a book that RSS has some restrictions...

Which book ?

> one of them tells that we can't list multiple
> subelements of the higher-level item element...

I am not aware of this restriction.

> ... and the other one is related to
> the rdf:parseType attribute.

I don't use this much. Its use seems to be somewhat questionnable, as
per info I have recently read on the Web (via a Google search).

> So please tell me I can have the
> description of creator like this:
> <dc:creator rdf:parseType="Resource">
>  <vCard:n>Teresa</vCard:n>
>  <vCard:family>pereira</vCard:family>
>  <vCard:EMAIL>tpereira@...</vCard:EMAIL>
>  <vCard:ORG>University of Minho</vCard:ORG>
> </dc:creator>

Yes, I think you can do this.

By the way, you should also be able to specify the properties of the
creator (or any Person or Organization for that matter) as a distinct
document that is *referenced* by your dc:creator tag. Like follows:

  <dc:creator rdf:resource="http://uri/creator.rdf"/>

N.B.: note the "/" at the end of the above line + the absence of the
end-tag. 

> and the description of several subjects, like this:
> <dc:subject>
>  <rdf:Bag>
>   <rdf:li>Information System</rdf:li>
>   <rdf:li>Management of Information System</rdf:li>
>  </rdf:Bag>
> </dc:subject>

Yes, I am confidant that this is correct. rdf:bag, rdf:seq & rdf:alt
are the correct way of specifying multiple values inside RDF, albeit
some people shun them. As for RSS 1.0 fully supporting *ALL* of RDF,
without restrictions, I am not sure. In my opinion, it should, but I
will verify this to make sure.

> I know that this is correct in RDF
> but I have some doubts when I read
> the RSS restrictions.

Please forward me|us any reference(s) you may have on this issue. 

> And I also think that does not make
> much sense to only have one subject...

I strongly agree with you. Things are often classified into more than
one category (subject). Same goes for author, contributor ... because
 there are often MANY authors, MANY contributors... If RSS 1.0 doesn't
support multiple values, then it is inadequate (RSS not good enough). 

> Alain, once again thank you very much
> for your precious help.
> Thank you in advance.
> Kind regards,
> Teresa

You are too kind, Teresa. By the way: you have a very nice name. :-)
But please remember that I'm still just a beginner at this RDF stuff,
albeit I am quickly becoming knowledgeable about it. One day, I will
be an expert at it. Meanwhile, I am just about to test my RDF to see
whether RDF & RSS readers will be able to interpret it correctly. In
other words, whether my RDF conforms to current standards and tools.

I'll keep you and the list abreast of my progress.
Until then, I wish you well. :-)

Alain








 
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