Entry Catalog
The "entry". A web log entry. A blog entry. What is it?
It's a bunch of (slightly? significantly?) different things, with an underlying event-entry data structure that has inspired the search for the well-formed web log entry and Atom.
Use this page to catalog different types of entries. These are high-level semantic "type" concepts. For each type, the catalog should indicate a succinct, high-level concept of what, categorically, is meant by the entry.
Add links to good examples. See also UseCases.
Catalog starter: JayFienberg
First pass: entry types
Content Blog
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(where content is essay / article / journal like)
Entry is an article which may or may not include links out. Event is the publishing of the article.
At time X, this article was published
Content Blog that is essentially a LinkBlog
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Entry is one or more links with minimal annotation. Event is the noting / annotating of the links.
At time X, these links were annotated and/or noted
Note: see RSS and weblogs tag team mano a mano vs. syndication and broadcatching for a good commentary that suggests how linkblogs are different than weblogs.
LinkBlog (pure)
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Entry is one or more links with minimal annotation. Event is the noting / annotating of the links.
At time X, these links were annotated and/or noted
Example: Mark Pilgrim's Linkblog
Comments
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(e.g., blog comments that have a feed, or a blog-like site for comments)
Entry is a (generally, brief) comment on another entry (and may or may not content links to that entry; and may or may not include links out). Event is the publishing of the comment.
At time X, this comment was made
PhotoBlog
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Entry is an embeded digital image. Event is the taking of the image (? the timestamp on the when the image was taken ?).
At time X, this photo was taken
Example: Bizstone's photoblog is a good example of a Photo Blog. In contrast, this post on Anastasia's View does not match the photoblog type (because of the timestamp), even though it is a post of a photos. (Rather, it would more match the content blog type).
AudioBlog
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Entry is an embeded audio clip or a link to an audio clip. Event is making of the recording (? the timestamp on the when the audio was recorded, or the timestamp on when the audio file was posted ?).
At time X, these sounds were recorded ??
MusicBlog
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Entry is one or links to (music) audio clips. Event is the playing of a music file.
At time X, this music was listened to
Wiki Entry #1
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Entry is a wiki page. Event is the publishing (creation or modification) of a wiki page.
At time X, this wiki page was created/updated
Wiki Entry #2
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Entry is a fragment of a wiki page. Event is the publishing (creation or modification) of a block item on a wiki page.
At time X, this block on this wiki page was created/updated
Moblog
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(as in winksite.com sites)
Event Blog
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(upcoming.org ?)
Event-entry semantics - questions
There is an event. The entry logs the event. Is the entry the event?
What is the event that is being logged?
Is the event being logged always the posting of the entry.
Do weblogs (or other Atom/RSS feed producers) exist that use a different meaning for the event? For example, if a server event logging system were to have an Atom feed, wouldn't the entry time indicate the timestamp of the events from the system, and not simply the posting of the entry?
In general: in some cases, all of the data/information from the event is in the entry, and, in other cases, the entry summarizes or indicates an event outside of it.
Are there two categories of event-entries?:
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entries that are events
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entries that indicate events