Where it all began

The FSS will soon define the XML schema based on the original form inputs shown below.

Input name	Meaning	Length	Mandatory
URL	The URL of the article	20 - 250	Yes
Title	Short title	10 - 50	Yes
Descr	Full description	100 - 250	Yes
Email	Email of author	10 - 250	Yes
Categories	Comma-delimited Category list	1 - 250	Yes
Author	Name of author	< 50	No
HomeURL	Website URL	< 250	No
LogoURL	URL to 100x30 gif that may be used	< 250	No
Company	Company/website name	< 50	No
Comment	Comments/suggestions	< 250	No

FSS Guidelines

• FSS-compliant forms would accept submissions as long as they contain all fields marked mandatory in the table above. Any other data required by the site would use reasonable defaults, e.g. Date would default to the date of submission, price would default to Free.
• Fields not marked as mandatory are optional for both parties. Authors need not submit them, and sites can ignore them.
• A standard set of categories will be defined in the FSS soon, which the participating sites will map as appropriate to their category system.
• Participating sites will check the URL has not been submitted before. This allows writers to initially submit all their articles to all sites without fear of duplication. This will only be done once - authors will be expected to submit new articles only.