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==Purpose== | == Purpose == | ||
Many sites ([http://download.com/ Download.com], [http://tucows.com/ Tucows], [http://sourceforge.net/ SourceForge], etc.) provide software downloads, some shareware, some freeware, some open-source. To create a search index or similar across these sites would be difficult, as there is no standard markup. | Many sites ([http://download.com/ Download.com], [http://tucows.com/ Tucows], [http://sourceforge.net/ SourceForge], etc.) provide software downloads, some shareware, some freeware, some open-source. To create a search index or similar across these sites would be difficult, as there is no standard markup. | ||
Many other sites index such downloads, selectively, without providing them directly, for example [http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2004/PL2004nSYSTEMUTILITIES.php PricelessWare]. | Many other sites index such downloads, selectively, without providing them directly, for example [http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2004/PL2004nSYSTEMUTILITIES.php PricelessWare].= | ||
== Relation to Appcasts == | |||
Appcasts (see [[appcast-brainstorming]]) provide a list of downloads, as well as release notes. hAppcasts should probably make use of a downloads microformat which adds extra metadata to downloads, such as versions, OS, architecture, MD5/SHA1 checksums, DSA signatures, and so on. | |||
== See Also == | |||
* [[rel-license]] (rel=copyright for copyright license? rel=license whatiscopyright.org?) | * [[rel-license]] (rel=copyright for copyright license? rel=license whatiscopyright.org?) | ||
* [[hash-examples]] | * [[hash-examples]] | ||
* [http://usefulinc.com/doap DOAP] | * [[appcast-brainstorming]] and [[appcast-examples]] | ||
* [http://usefulinc.com/doap DOAP] and [http://dannyayers.com:88/xmlns/hdoap/profile/index.xhtml hDOAP] | |||
* [http://www.google.com/codesearch Google Code Search] (not a downloads search, but similar) | |||
Revision as of 11:02, 1 August 2007
Purpose
Many sites (Download.com, Tucows, SourceForge, etc.) provide software downloads, some shareware, some freeware, some open-source. To create a search index or similar across these sites would be difficult, as there is no standard markup.
Many other sites index such downloads, selectively, without providing them directly, for example PricelessWare.=
Relation to Appcasts
Appcasts (see appcast-brainstorming) provide a list of downloads, as well as release notes. hAppcasts should probably make use of a downloads microformat which adds extra metadata to downloads, such as versions, OS, architecture, MD5/SHA1 checksums, DSA signatures, and so on.
See Also
- rel-license (rel=copyright for copyright license? rel=license whatiscopyright.org?)
- hash-examples
- appcast-brainstorming and appcast-examples
- DOAP and hDOAP
- Google Code Search (not a downloads search, but similar)