RSS 1.0
| File Type Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Supports embedding license URL: | supports_license_url::True | |
| Supports embedding web statement: | supports_web_statement::True | |
| Supports embedding more permissions: | supports_more_permissions::True | |
| Metadata Location: | [[Metadata location::{{{metadata_location}}}]] | (unknown) }} | |
| Metadata Format: | [[Metadata format::{{{metadata_format}}}]] | (unknown) }} | |
RSS 1.0 is a syndication (feed) format. The specification was published December 6, 2000. A module specification has been published for inclusion of licensing information in the feed.
Specifying a License
RSS 1.0 is encoded as RDF/XML. A license may applied to a channel, entry or image by adding an appropriate triple. The predicate should be http://creativecommons.org/ns#license. Older deployments may exist which use http://web.resource.org/cc/ as the root of the Creative Commons namespace.
The following example shows licensing at both the channel and entry levels.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rdf:RDF
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/"
>
<channel rdf:about="http://meerkat.oreillynet.com/?_fl=rss1.0">
<title>Meerkat</title>
<link>http://meerkat.oreillynet.com</link>
<description>Meerkat: An Open Wire Service</description>
<cc:license rdf:resource="http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/example1" />
<items>
<rdf:Seq>
<rdf:li resource="http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r123" />
</rdf:Seq>
</items>
</channel>
<item rdf:about="http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r123">
<title>XML: A Disruptive Technology</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r123</link>
<cc:license rdf:resource="http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/example2" />
</item>
</rdf:RDF>
Additional Metadata
Note that this is a draft we are currently working on; this notice will be removed after collecting feedback.
A web statement provides additional confidence regarding metadata assertions. morePermissions allows content creators to provide a link to a URL where additional permissions, beyond those provided by the license, may be secured.
RSS 1.0 is RDF+XML, which allows additional metadata to be specified for individual objects.
The following example demonstrates providing a verification URL (web statement) as well as a URL where users may find information regarding additional permissions.
<item rdf:about="http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r123">
<title>XML: A Disruptive Technology</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r123</link>
<cc:license rdf:resource="http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/example2" />
<cc:morePermissions rdf:resource="http://example.org/pay_me" />
<xapRights:WebStatement rdf:resource="http://example.org/more_info" />
</item>
Note that this example uses an additional namespace, xapRights, which is defined as http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/.
Use with Enclosures
Enclosures (multimedia attachments to a feed) are specified for RSS 1.0 by mod_enclosure. License, verification (web statement) and more permissions metadata can be provided as with entries.
The following example demonstrates including an MP3 as an enclosure, with additional metadata about the MP3 provided.
<rdf:RDF
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:enc="http://purl.oclc.org/net/rss_2.0/enc#"
xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/">
...
<item rdf:about="http://foo.bar/baz">
<title>There's no pleasing some people..</title>
...
<enc:enclosure rdf:resource="http://foo.bar/baz.mp3" enc:type="audio/mpeg" enc:length="65535"/>
</item>
<enc:Enclosure rdf:about="http://foo.bar/baz.mp3">
<cc:license rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/" />
<cc:morePermissions rdf:resource="http://example.org/pay_me" />
<xapRights:WebStatement rdf:resource="http://example.org/more_info" />
</enc:Enclosure>
...
</rdf:RDF>
