RSS & Events

With the recent launch of upcoming.org, the blogdom is reconsidering event information in rss and syndication.

I run an event calendar for my favorite live music venue in Atlanta, and as a starter have created a first generation RSS calender, augmented with mod_event entries.

Now, how to extend this to a more robust format?  Key requirements:

• machine readable dates
• machine readable location
• geoURL?
  
• integration with user calendars 
  
• I use Mozilla Calendar
• query-able?  you might want to check events for a time period in the future in which you'll be visiting a locale
• for instance, upcoming.org was a bit awkward to use to try and find interesting events for my upcoming visit to Denver (Oct 12) for the Human Factors & Ergonomic Soc conference

Format contenders:

• RDF Calendar
• semantic web bent, *cool*
• via RB, more from LM
  
• .xml example
  
• iCal
• works now with Moz Calendar for subscribing to events
• example
• rfc
• from apple
• mod_event
• RSS flavored
  

From a practical perspective, .ics seems like the way to most flexibly allow RedLight Cafe patrons to integrate the music schedule in their clients -- as it works in Moz and OS X. 

The xml-ization of .ics seems stalled alas, but ICS still seems like the highest payoff format for the RLC.
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