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  • From: Chad Knepp <pyg@galatea.org>
  • To: pcplantdb <pcplantdb@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [pcplantdb] A New Data Model for the Web
  • Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:14:50 -0500

Sure, how about expanding our output set to include RSS (or similar)
somewhere in release 1.1 - 2.0.

Richard Morris writes:
> Interesting piece on slashdot on the whole semantic web thing
> http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/27/0152211&tid=221
>
> In particular an audio recording of a talk by Adam Bosworth
> http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail571.html
>
> The basic thrust of the talk is how to get data (i.e. stuff with some
> structure, as opposed to structure-less webpages) on to the web. He
> proposes learning from what made html work, i.e. keep it dead simple,
> and sloppy so that its easy for the average hacker to provide the info.
>
> His solution is to go with RSS 2.0 and Atom, both of which are taking
> off at the moment.
>
> Also see
> http://www.adambosworth.net/archives/000041.html
>
> As a side bar he talked about Amazons A9 search which now has an OpenSearch
> RSS. This allows anyone to add their search into the A9 engine.
>
> See http://opensearch.a9.com/
>
> To register the PIW with A9 we'll need a webpage with something close to
> the following:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <OpenSearchDescription
> xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchdescription/1.0/";>
> <Url>http://www.permaculture.info/cgi-bin/eden?search={searchTerms}</Url>
> <Format>http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/</Format>
> <ShortName>Plants</ShortName>
> <LongName>Permaculture Information Web Plants</LongName>
> <Description>Search for useful plants at permaculture.info</Description>
> <Tags>plants biology taxonomy</Tags>
> <Image>http://www.permaculture.info/TODO64x64LOGO.gif</Image>
> <SampleSearch>nettle</SampleSearch>
> <Developer>PIW Group</Developer>
> <Contact>piw@pfaf.org</Contact>
> <Attribution>PIW Group, Plants For A Future, Ken Fern. Creative
> Commons by/nc/sa license</Attribution>
> <SyndicationRight>open</SyndicationRight>
> <AdultContent>false</AdultContent>
> </OpenSearchDescription>
>
> An a 64 by 64 image for the logo. We also need an apropriate contact email.
>
> Rich
> --
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