A simple way for sites to share information about discussion areas. Using the XML::RSS module, I do:
$rss->add_module(prefix => 'discuss',
uri => 'http://www.flutterby.com/software/rssdiscuss/');
And then add items as:
$rss->add_item(title => "Subject",
link => "URL under discussion",
description => "$commentcount comments, "
."last $lastcomment",
discuss => {
'url' => "URL of discussion forum",
'count' => $commentcount,
'latest' => $lastcomment,
}
);
Where "$lastcomment" is ISO8601 format.
An example is available at http://www.flutterby.com/discuss.rdf .