mod_cc for RSS 0.9x

Ben Hammersley ben at benhammersley.com
Tue Aug 13 12:56:47 EDT 2002


After a long conversation with Dave Winer, we've come to an agreement 
for an implementation of Creative Commons metadata and mod_cc, within 
RSS 0.9x. Resolute rdf-haters with stuff to publicdomainatise can now go 
wild.

Hence:

<license url="URL OF DOCUMENT DESCRIBING LICENSE" />

which can be a sub-element of <channel> <item> or <image>. The URL 
should point to a retrieveable URL, whether it be a page on your own 
site declaring your intent, a commonly known license, or one of the 
forthcoming Creative Commons "Commons Deeds". The license refers to the 
object pointed to by the <link> element it is closest to.

For example:

<license url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html" />

or

<license url="http://www.userland.com/termsandconditions.html" />

or

<license url="http://www.benhammersley.com/dontnickmystuff.html" />

the last two of which I made up entirely.


I remain,
Ben "Platform Agnostic for a Brighter Tomorrow"




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