Re: [Widgets] Widget Gallery RSS like sharing format

Scott Wilson Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:14:54 -0700

Hi everyone,

Here's a sample of our widget gallery output from Wookie - again not as a proposition but just to share an example of the sort of content that tends to be included in these cases.

(Note in our system the client requests an instance of a widget using the widget identifier, which returns the specific instance URL - hence no widget URLs in the catalogue)


S

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<widgets>
        <widget identifier="http://www.tencompetence.org/widgets/default/chat";>
                <title>Chat</title>

<description>This widget provides a simple chat or Instant messaging facility</description>

                <icon>http://localhost:8080/wookie/shared/images/chat.png</icon>
                <category>chat</category>
        </widget>

                <title>Forum</title>

<description>This widget provides a threaded discussion forum faciltity</description>

                
<icon>http://localhost:8080/wookie/shared/images/forum.png</icon>
                <category>unknown</category>
        </widget>
        <widget identifier="http://www.tencompetence.org/widgets/default/vote";>
                <title>Vote</title>
                <description>This widget provides a voting 
facility</description>
                <icon>http://localhost:8080/wookie/shared/images/vote.png</icon>
                <category>unknown</category>
        </widget>
        <widget identifier="http://www.getwookie.org/widgets/weather";>
                <title>Weather</title>
                <description>A silly Weather widget</description>

<icon>http://localhost:8080/wookie/wservices/www.getwookie.org/widgets/weather/icon.png </icon>

                <category>weather</category>
        </widget>
        <widget identifier="http://www.getwookie.org/widgets/natter";>
                <title>Natter</title>
                <description>basic chat widget</description>

<icon>http://localhost:8080/wookie/wservices/www.getwookie.org/widgets/natter/Icon.png </icon>

                <category>chat</category>
        </widget>
        <widget identifier="http://www.getwookie.org/widgets/drop.io";>
                <title>Drop Box</title>
                <description>A Drop.io Drop Box Widget</description>

<icon>http://localhost:8080/wookie/wservices/www.getwookie.org/widgets/drop.io/icon.png </icon>

                <category>unknown</category>
        </widget>
        <widget identifier="http://www.google.com/ig/modules/mapsearch.xml";>
                <title>Google Map Search</title>
                <description>Google Gadget</description>
                <icon>http://www.google.com/ig/modules/mapsearch-thm.png</icon>
                <category>unknown</category>
        </widget>
        <widget identifier="http://www.schulz.dk/pacman.xml";>
                <title>PacMan v2.6</title>
                <description>Google Gadget</description>

<icon>http://localhost:8080/wookie/shared/images/defaultwidget.png</ icon>

                <category>games</category>
        </widget>

                <title>LabPixies Clock</title>
                <description>Google Gadget</description>

<icon>http://www.labpixies.com/campaigns/clock/images/mini/thumbnail.jpg </icon>

                <category>unknown</category>
        </widget>
        <widget identifier="http://www.labpixies.com/campaigns/todo/todo.xml";>
                <title>ToDo</title>
                <description>Google Gadget</description>

<icon>http://www.labpixies.com/campaigns/todo/images/thumbnail.jpg</ icon>

                <category>unknown</category>
        </widget>

                <title>Live Weather</title>
                <description>Google Gadget</description>

<icon>http://www.labpixies.com/campaigns/weather/images/ thumbnail.jpg</icon>

                <category>weather</category>
        </widget>
        <widget identifier="http://abowman.googlepages.com/spider.xml";>
                <title>Spider</title>
                <description>Google Gadget</description>

<icon>http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/112581010116074801021/spiderThumb.png </icon>

                <category>pets</category>
        </widget>
</widgets>
On 11 Mar 2009, at 13:14, SUZANNE Benoit RD-SIRP-ISS wrote:

All,

Based on our last F2F, we have talked about an RSS like file format that would standardise the widget list for various needs. I do not consider the following as a formal format proposition but as an input to open the discussion as it should probably be written in atom instead of RSS.


So here we go, here is an example of the xml format:
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";
 xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom";>

 <channel>
 <title>Djinngo Widget Catalog on vista</title>
 <atom:link rel="self" href="http://example.com/gallery/"/>
 <link>http://example.com/gallery/</link>
 <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
 <language>en</language>

<item>
  <id>3_LiveRadio</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Orange LiveRadio]]></title>
  <platform>vista</platform>
 <category>4</category>
 <version>1.4.0</version>
 <link>http://example.com/gallery/#widget=3_LiveRadio</link>
 <guid isPermaLink="true">
  http://example.com/gallery/#widget=3_LiveRadio</guid>
 <language>14</language>
 <description><![CDATA[Orange LiveRadio gadget]]></description>

<screenshot>http://example.com/GadgetFactory/widgets/screenshots/liveradio-fr.jpg </screenshot>

 <author_name><![CDATA[Orange]]></author_name>
 <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
 <downloads>0</downloads>

<download_url>http://download.example.com/Orange-LiveRadio-FR-v2.gadget </download_url>

 <rating>0.0</rating>
 </item>

<item>
 <id>3_OrangeSport</id>
 <title><![CDATA[Orange Sport]]></title>
 <platform>vista</platform>
 <category>2</category>
 <version>1.3.0</version>
 <link>http:// example.com/gallery/#widget=3_OrangeSport</link>
 <guid isPermaLink="true">
  http://example.com/gallery/#widget=3_OrangeSport</guid>
 <language>14</language>

<description><![CDATA[Suivez toute l'actualité sportive en direct.]]></description> <screenshot>http://example.com/widgets/screenshots/sport.jpg</ screenshot>

 <author_name><![CDATA[Orange]]></author_name>
 <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
 <downloads>0</downloads>

<download_url>http://download.example.com/Orange-Sport-FR.gadget</ download_url>

 <rating>0.0</rating>
 </item>
 ...
  </channel>
</rss>



The idea is to describe the following elements:
- title: is the widget’s name
- pubDate: is the date of the publication of the widget
- guid: defines a unique identifier for the item
- platform: is the widget’s platform
- category: is the number corresponding to a category item
- version: the widget’s version.
- link: is the link toward the widget page on the Djinngo gallery.

- language: is the number corresponding to a language, although here we should probably use the language format of the P&C spec

- description: the widget’s description.
- screenshot: is the direct link to a screenshot of the widget.
- downloads: the number of downloads for the widget.
- download_url: is the direct link to download the widget.
- rating: the rating the widget on the gallery.



Best Regards, Benoit

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