Jon Meyer wrote:
is anyone else out there interested in applying Atom to
calendrical events, e.g. a "Whats happening" blog,
I think that announcing and maintaining information on events will
become an important use for Atom once we're finished working out the blog
related issues.
My hope is that folk don't go off trying to reinvent the wheel but
will, instead, try to stay as close as possible to iCalendar[1], vCard[2]
and EventsML[3] when they do this. (Note: EventsML is produced by the
IPTC[6], the same folk that maintain the NewsML format.) Also, given the
frequently noted similarities between the Atom API and WebDAV[4], one should
probably give some thought to Linda Dusseault's proposed CalDAV extensions
to WebDav[5].
My personal belief is that every theater (dance, ballet, music,
movie, etc.) every organization, every municipal, state and federal
government, etc. will one day syndicate detailed information on all of their
public events. This will ensure the widest possible dissemination of event
information -- something which is not the case today.
bob wyman
[1] http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/calsch-charter.html
(See list of RFC's and ID's at bottom of page above)
[2] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2739.txt
[3] http://www.iptc.org/EventsML/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eventsml/
[4] http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/webdav-charter.html
[5] http://www.rfc-editor.org/internet-drafts/draft-dusseault-caldav-01.txt
[6] http://www.iptc.org/pages/index.php