[tlug] RSS questions

[Dave M G <dave@example.com>]

TLUG,

I'm setting up an RSS feed on a web site, and I've basically got it 
working, there's just some concepts that I'm not totally clear on. I'm 
hoping somebody here can set me straight.

My essential question is on the theme of the division between different 
RSS files, different "channels", and different "items".

If you were intending to offer slightly varied content on a web site, 
would you have one RSS document with multiple "channels", or is it 
better to have different RSS documents for different feeds?

For example, if I had articles about hockey in one feed, and vegetarian 
recipes in another feed, but both topics were served off the same web 
site, "vegetarianhockeyplayers.com", which approach would I take?

I realize the question raises issues of branding and whether or not 
different content should be on one site. But indulge me. Let's just go 
ahead and assume that some of my hypothetical RSS subscribers want 
hockey news, some want recipes, and some want both.

Also, on the level of "items", if I wanted to make audio files available 
in both OGG format (because I'm all about the open source) and MP3 
format (because nobody actually uses OGG), again, would I use different 
RSS files, or different items?

I've learnt that the <item> entry in an RSS only takes one multimedia 
item, so I can't offer the choice of either attached to each item I want 
to broadcast. So would I offer two different items in the same channel?


Thanks for any advice or assistance.

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Dave M G
http://www.tlug.jp/wiki/User:Dave_M_G