PDF《Events RSS Service》

Rutgers University Events RSS Service C User Guide Page

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11 Events RSS Service User Guide Enterprise Systems and Services Sept

2009 Rutgers University Events RSS Service C User Guide Page

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11 1.

Events Calendar RSS Service University Events Calendar application provides an RSS feed of events. Events can be downloaded as an RSS feed by accessing the following URL: http://ruevents.rutgers.edu/events/getEventsRss.xml The feed contains both the standard RSS information (title, description, and link) and additional calendar-specific data. The value of each field is described in detail in Section

3 of this document. By default, the feed includes hundreds of events based on the following criteria: ? Event must be approved for being posted to Rutgers Calendar of Events ? Event must not have concluded by the current date Customizing the feed so that it includes events based on more specific criteria is described in Section

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11 2. RSS Structure The general structure of the XML document is as follows. Please see Section

3 (Fields within the item tag) for a detailed description of information available about each event. … … … … … … … … … … Rutgers University Events RSS Service C User Guide Page

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11 3. Fields within the Item Tag Name Type Description Req Example title Up to

255 chars Title of event Y Dining Etiquette link Up to

255 chars Link to event details in Calendar N http://ruevents.rutger s.edu/ events/displayEvent.h tml?eventId=33309 description Up to

300 chars Event synopsis N The walking tour, which takes about an hour, explores the origins of Rutgers, its traditions, and architectural points of interests. The area includes some of the university'

s oldest buildings. There is no charge for individuals for the regularly- scheduled tours. event:additionalI nfo Up to

2000 chars Description of event N Experience the art of conducting business during a meal. Dine while you learn [...] event:beginDate Time yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss EEE Y 2007-04-04 17:30:00 Wed event:endDateTi me yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss EEE The begin and end dates and times for event Y 2007-04-04 20:00:00 Wed event:buildingNo String of

5 digits Y

3145 event:location Up to

50 chars Rutgers Club Event:address Up to

23 Chars BuildingNo, location and address in personnel.builiding table. This maps to building numbers in maps.rutgers.edu

199 College Avenue event:campusCo de String of

2 digits N

01 event:campus Up to

10 chars Campus name and code (see Section 5). N College Av event:city Up to

50 chars N New Brunswick event:state Up to

50 chars N NJ event:countryCd

2 chars City, state, and country where the event takes place, as specified by the creator of event N US event:room Up to

50 chars Room;

free-form field, as entered by the creator of event N event:speaker Up to

255 chars Speaker;

free-form field, as entered by the creator of event N Doug Ricci and Tina Vance-Knight event:sponsor Up to

255 chars Sponsor of the event;

free-form field, as entered by the creator of event Y Career Services Rutgers University Events RSS Service C User Guide Page

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11 event:fee Up to

30 chars Free-form description of the fee needed to participate Y N/A event:url Up to

255 chars, includes http:// or https:// URL where more details about the event may be found N http://careerservices.r utgers.edu event:hotInd Number,

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1 A flag used for sorting;

causes an event to be displayed at the top of its day. Of course, it is possible for the consumer of the RSS to re-sort events differently when rendering Y