[Fwd: [RSS2-Support] Announcement: RSSCalendar.com BETA]

[to www-rdf-calendar@w3.org, cc'ed to John Pacchetti, creator of the 
service]

An online calendar sharing app, that takes advantage of RSS 
aggregators,  announced on the RSS2-Support@yahoogroups.com list.

It is presented rather nicely. When you have added events using a form, 
they appear in an RSS 2.0 feed, mostly escaped into the <description>, 
here's an example:

<item>
<title>[Get Out of Bed]</title>
<link>http://www.rsscalendar.com/rss/vcs.asp?k=425f116bf53f051c57d1670a04fb4a0c</link>
<description><![CDATA[Date: 8/1/2004<br>Duration: 0.0 hrs<br><br>The ritual of cat-removal and standing up, closely associated with coffee.<br><br>- <a href="http://www.rsscalendar.com/rss/vcs.asp?k=425f116bf53f051c57d1670a04fb4a0c" target="_blank" title="Ensure MS Outlook is running prior to importing">Import to MS Outlook</a><br>- <a href="mailto:danny666@virgilio.it">Contact Danny</a><br><br><a href="http://www.rsscalendar.com/rss/public/signup.asp" target="_blank"><font size="1">Sign Up at RSSCalendar.com</font></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2004 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item>

The description is unescaped in most aggregators, and the "Import to MS Outlook" link returns a file like this, type "text/x-vCalendar" :

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:1.0
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20040801T110000Z
DTEND:20040801T110000Z
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Get Out of Bed
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The ritual of cat-removal and standing up, closely associated with coffee.
Location;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:RSSCalendar.com
UID:1004220040801T110000ZGet Out of Bed
PRIORITY:3
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:PT15M
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Reminder
END:VALARM
End:VEVENT
End:VCALENDAR

Anyone care to try expressing this in RDF/iCal to appear in an more machine-readable form in a RSS 1.0 feed, see if John might be willing to add that as an alternative? 

John - here's the RdfCalendar Wiki page:
http://esw.w3.org/topic/RdfCalendar

See also, another RSS 2.0 based calendar app: 

http://dannyayers.com/archives/002304.html

Cheers,
Danny.


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[RSS2-Support] Announcement: RSSCalendar.com BETA
Date: 	Sat, 31 Jul 2004 15:52:35 -0500
From: 	John Pacchetti <jpac@charter.net>
Reply-To: 	RSS2-Support@yahoogroups.com
To: 	<RSS2-Support@yahoogroups.com>



I've been a fan of RSS for quite a while, however I could never find a
service that allowed you to share calendar feeds with your family or
friends. So I built one - this was a fun project. I've recently launched the
site in BETA and would appreciate any feedback on the service. Thanks!

It's located at www.rsscalendar.com

With best regards,
John Pacchetti

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RSSCalendar
E-mail: john@rsscalendar.com
http://www.rsscalendar.com

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Received on Sunday, 1 August 2004 04:51:41 UTC