[IMC-Tech] RDF files

[Michael deBeer]

Buzz wnc-activist@wnc-activist.org wrote: 

> As far as the model goes, I'd like to see specific categories, so that
> the client can specify what news they want.  I like the category list
> on protest.net's calendar item entry.  This may be trouble, but the
> advantage I see is that sites can tailor their requests to fit their
> clientelle, such as offering user-specific pages (like My Yahoo) with
> custom newsfeeds.

It may be useful to see the http://sourceforge.net/projects/apc-aa/ . The
apc-aa allows sites to setup feeds based on category lists, so I'd at
least look at this software for the user interface, and maybe some of the
code (it is written in modular chunks of php).  For a very fast look at
a mockup of the editor's user interface, see the planning doc:
http://www.igc.org/madebeer/mikelook.html

> As far as the potential for bogus postings (hate stories, other crap),
> how about a simple validation system.  It could be programmed so that
> a trusted person other than the already overloaded administrators, and
> not necessarily tech savy, can preview the postings prior to their
> entry ino the RSS system.

The APC-AA software handles this by letting a site pull stories into a
'holding bin'.  The editor for the site can then review the list of
stories in the holding bin and move them to either the 'approved/live'
site, or to the trash. We implement this by having a checkbox by each
story , and having a link saying 'move marked articles to trash' and 'move
marked articles to approved'.

Michael