Re: Enclosures in Atom?

[Sam Ruby <rubys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete Prodoehl wrote:
> There must be a way to do this, but I'm not sure how...
>
> RSS 2.0 has the concept of enclosures:
>
>  http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss#ltenclosuregtSubelementOfLtitemgt
>
> Putting aside all the reasons people might not think enclosures are a 
> good idea, how could something similar be implemented in Atom? Namely, 
> the idea that an entry points to a url that a client may or may not wish 
> to download?
>
> Would the entry have a specific content type different than the common 
> application/xhtml+xml?
>
> Would the entry have a value pointing to the url of the enclosure?
>
> What would the syntax be? Is there an existing example?

In RSS 2.0, enclosures are child elements of items.

An Atom entry can have multiple link tags, each specifying whevever 
content type is appropriate.  My guess is that what needs to be settled 
on is the value of the "rel" attribute for these link tags.

So, something along the lines of:

<link rel="???" type="audio/mpeg" href="http://..."; />

- Sam Ruby