Jsyn

Announcing Jsyn, the JSON syndication format for blogs and everything else.

Specification for version sqrt(-1):

1. Put a bunch of stuff in a data structure.
2. JSON-encode it.
3. Make it available somehow.

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What, you need more of a spec?  But I've registered a domain and everything!

Seriously, freedom from so-called "simple" syndication, coming soon!  Part of the Pita* project.

Update: Spec version -1:

A Jsyn feed object will have precisely three first level sub-elements:

1. A feed element, an object containing the feed properties (required).
2. A schema element, an object containing advisory schema information (optional).
3. A items element, an array of objects representing the data items (required, but may be empty).

Example:

{"feed": {"source": "http://ai.mee.nu/feed.jsyn"},
 "schema": {"source": "http://jsyn.net/schemas/blog.jsyn", "version": 1.0},
 "items": []}

A client may use a local copy of the schema so long as the version matches that specified in the schema object.  The server must increment the version when updating the schema.  The server may revert to an older schema with a lower version number; the client must not continue to use the local copy of the schema in this case.

* Which is part of the Minx project**, which is part of the make-Pixy-rich-or-drive-him-insane-either-is-fine project.

** I've subdivided Minx into three parts, like Gaul, only with less garlic: Minx, the bliki; Meta, the template, formatting, and scripting engine; and Pita, the database engine/abstraction layer.  In addition, there's Miko, the planned desktop client.

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