The Conversations Network RSS Namespace

We've created an RSS namespace to support the following feature(s):

 

Namespace Declaration

Include the following in RSS feeds using this namespace:

<rss
xmlns:conversationsNetwork="http://conversationsnetwork.org/rssNamespace-1.0/"
>

 

image

<conversationsNetwork:image
url="http://assets.conversationsnetwork.org/showimages/1000.jpg"
/>

 

We use this tag to refer to our per-episode images because the standard RSS namespace doesn't allow more than one tag per and we're already using that to refer to our audio files. (<=1 per <item>)

 

introMilliseconds

<conversationsNetwork:introMilliseconds>
12345
</conversationsNetwork:introMilliseconds>

 

(<=1 per <item>, integer) This is the length of the introduction in the associated audio/video file. 12.345 seconds in the above example. We envision the following uses:

• Clip/excerpt utilities that need to deal with our variable-length intros. (We use an automated show-assembly system and rebuild our programs each night. Components of intros are constantly being changed, so the value in our RSS feed is only valid at the time it is read.)
• Players that want to skip intros and start immediately with the bodies of programs.

 

ratingAverage

<conversationsNetwork:ratingAverage>
4.37
</conversationsNetwork:ratingAverage>

 

The average of all ratings for an <item>. Range 0.0..5.0. (<=1 per <item>, float)

 

ratingCount

<conversationsNetwork:ratingCount>
123
</conversationsNetwork:ratingCount>

 

The count of ratings for an <item>. (<=1 per <item>, integer)

 

ratingIndividual

<conversationsNetwork:ratingIndividual>
4
</conversationsNetwork:ratingIndividual>

 

The rating for an <item> from an individual user, typically the owner of the RSS feed. Range 0..5. (<=1 per <item>, integer)

 

ratingTimestamp

<conversationsNetwork:ratingTimestamp>
2009-01-12T12:13:14Z
</conversationsNetwork:ratingTimestamp>

 

An ISO 8601 date/time of the most-recent rating of the <item>. (<=1 per <item>, ISO 8601 string)