notes on RSS feed file format

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+TODO
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+ - syntax checker site (URL or text paste)
+ - front page
+ - documentation of mini-format
+ - mini button to app
+ - serial-to-parallel (aka, tumblr scrapper)
+
+RSS Context
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+RSS 2.0 is dominant (over Atom etc)
+
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_RSS
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_enclosure
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photofeed
+
+RSS 2.0 Media Module (yahoo):
+  - http://video.search.yahoo.com/mrss
+  - includes grouping
+
+
+Matt wants:
+
+  feed/
+    title (required)
+    description
+    icon image
+    url/permalink
+    advertising info
+    category
+    rating (voted)
+    sfw/nsfw
+
+  post/
+    list of images (required)
+    advertising info
+    title
+    description
+    download zip url (optional)
+    icon img
+    image
+    date url/permalink
+    sfw/nsfw
+    category
+    rating
+
+ok, so:
+
+  <channel>
+    <title>
+    <link> (site url)
+    <description>
+    (advertising info, restrictions, license) (optional)
+    <category> (optional)
+    <media:content> (thumbnail; or use <image>?)
+    <media:rating) (sfw/nsfw, optional)
+    <pubDate> (optional)
+    [set of <item>, each of which is a collection of images]
+
+  <item>
+    <title>
+    <description> (required by RSS, can just be the title)
+    <link> (permalink)
+    <pubDate> (optional)
+    <comments> (optional, link to place to comment)
+    [set of images]
+
+  <media:group> (in individual image)
+    <media:content> (default=true, the primary URL to fetch from)
+      url= (to the image file itself)
+      filesize=
+      type=
+      medium="image"
+      height=
+      width=
+      <media:thumbnail> (optional smaller size?)
+    <media:content> (optional mirroring of the same file)
+    <link> (optional, permalink, probably a #link)
+    <media:title> (optional)
+    <media:description> (optional caption)
+    <media:hash> (optional for caching)
+    (more?)
+
+Alternatives: 
+  - use <enclosure> for each image?
+
+oh also: 
+  AdMob, AdWhirl
+  http://reader.feedshow.com/xmlrss/remoteads/
+
+