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jacobsSchoolEvents RSS Module

A RSS module that adds elements at the <item> level that contain data related to UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering events. For a complete listing¹ of RSS feeds that use this module vist the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering events web page. Please forward any inquiries to soeweb AT soe dot ucsd dot edu.

Status

  • Deployable

Change Notes

  • Moved into production on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:45:00 PDT
  • Added element jacobsSchoolEvents:dateSpan Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:42:00 PDT

Namespace Declaration

  • xmlns:jacobsSchoolEvents=
    "http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_events/jacobsSchoolEventsModule.shtml”

Example

License

  • The module and feeds are provided free of charge for use by individuals and non-profit organizations for personal, non-commercial uses.

Description Notes

Below are descriptions of the data contained in the module elements. Elements marked with a * will never be empty/null (beginning no later than Mon, 03 Nov 2008).

  • * <jacobsSchoolEvents:title> The title of the event is contained in this element. It is necessary because the RSS <item> element <title> contains the event title as well as the event start date, end date, and <jacobsSchoolEvents:time> data that has been formatted. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 150.
  • * <jacobsSchoolEvents:eventID> A unique identifier for the event is contained in this element. This could be useful in building an AJAX application to render the events as html pages.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:keywords> Keywords related to the event are contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 200.
  • * <jacobsSchoolEvents:startDt> The start date for the event is contained in this element that conforms to the date specification of RFC 822 (Fri, 12 Sep 2008).
  • * <jacobsSchoolEvents:endDt> The end date for the event is contained in this element that conforms to the date specification of RFC 822 (Fri, 12 Sep 2008).
  • * <jacobsSchoolEvents:dateSpan> The date span of the event. (Fri, 27 Feb 2009).
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:time> A free form time is contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 100.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:location> The location of the event such as building and room number is contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 100.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:sponsoredBy> The event sponsor is contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 100.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:imagePath> The path to the images contained in elements <jacobsSchoolEvents:imageOriginal, <jacobsSchoolEvents:image150px>, and <jacobsSchoolEvents:image75px>. To link to images use the following example:

    http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/<jacobsSchoolEvents:imagePath>/[<jacobsSchoolEvents:imageOriginal>] [<jacobsSchoolEvents:image150px>] [<jacobsSchoolEvents:image75px>]

    The maximum number of characters including spaces is 75.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:imageOriginal> The file name of the unaltered image related to this event is contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 50.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:image150px> The file name of the image related to this event scaled proportionally to 150 pixels wide is contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 50.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:image75px> The file name of the image related to this event scaled proportionally to 75 pixels wide is contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 50.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:directLinkToEvent> If the event has been flagged not to have a detail page then this element will contain a "y".
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:eventURL> The URL of the event web site is contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 175.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:regRequired> If registration is required to attend the event then this element will contain a "y".
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:regURL> The URL of the event registration web form is contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 175.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:invitationOnly> If an invitation is required to attend the event then this element will contain a "y".
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:webcast> If there will be a live webcast of the event then this element will contain a "y".
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:webcastURL> The URL of the live webcast is contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 175.
  • * <jacobsSchoolEvents:briefOverview> A brief overview of the event is contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 250.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:detailsAbstract> A detailed description of the event or abstract is entered into this field. This element will contain escaped html.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:speaker> The name of the speaker is contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 100.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:speakerTitle> The title of the speaker is contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 100.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:speakerBio> The biography of the speaker is contained in this element. This element will contain escaped html.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:highlightEvent> If this event has been flagged to be "highlighted" on the UC San Diego Jacobs School web site then this element will contain a "y". This element is useful for overriding any programmatic sorting.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:miscInfo> Miscellaneous information regarding the event will be contained in this element. This element will contain escaped html.
  • * <jacobsSchoolEvents:contactPhone> The phone number for the contact person for information regarding the event will be contained in this element in the following format: 555-555-5555.
  • * <jacobsSchoolEvents:contactEmail> The email address for the contact person for information regarding the event will be contained in this element. The maximum number of characters is 75.
  • * <jacobsSchoolEvents:contactLname> The last name of the contact person for information regarding the event will be contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 35.
  • * <jacobsSchoolEvents:contactFname> The first name of the contact person for information regarding the event will be contained in this element. The maximum number of characters including spaces is 35.
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:startTime> The start time of the event will be contained in this element that conforms to the time specification of RFC 822 (hh:mm:ss PDT).
  • <jacobsSchoolEvents:endTime> The end time of the event will be contained in this element that conforms to the time specification of RFC 822 (hh:mm:ss PDT).

¹ The Calit2 RSS feed is maintained by Calit2. The jacobsSchoolEvents RSS Module elements are not available for this feed.