Is it against the T&Cs to provide an RSS file that is 99% the same as the one on the BBC but with geographical information added?
On 21/07/05, Tony Hirst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk on 21 July 2005 at 21:52 +0000 wrote: > > it seems you have the same motivation as I had when I mailed this list > >about RSS Annotation Streams! > > missed that - ah: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/msg00330.html and > http://datamining.typepad.com/data_mining/2005/07/rss_annotation_.html > > I agree with the sentiment, and then some - if someone goes to the trouble > of adding value to a story/feed, it would be good if those extras could be > syndicated separately but identifiably too without others having to > reinvent/reimplement the same technique/recreate the same annotation data. > > >Perhaps this is format that we want to develop > >further? > > That sounds like an interesting (and perhaps useful) exercise...where to > start? i tend to work back to generalised solutions from a couple of > similar but different implementations of a thing...would it be fair to say > that the annotation stream on its own would be relatively worthless > without the original story it was annotating? or could you imageine it > ever standing alone on its own terms? > > > Back to the geotagged BBC stories, even something as simple as returning > lat/long when passed a story ID would be v reusable... > > For example: > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/prototypes/archives/2005/05/a_map_of_the_ne.html > http://boneill.ninjagrapefruit.com/wp-content/bbc/newmaps/ divines geo > data > > and Duncan's http://backstage.min-data.co.uk/geotagged/ must have a > script for locating stories > So if someone can make story id/geotag info available, then I'm sure the > lazy community (of which I count myself a part) would be v grateful :-) > > tony > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > -- Ben O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html.
