Links in RSS / Atom feeds

There has been a lot of discussion how to encode links to OGC W*S services in an easy way that does not require specifications to be extended.

Some links:

​Blog: (Geo)RSS to search the GeoWeb

Possible ways to include links to OGC W*S services

Embed a minimum Web Map Context (​OGC WMC)

Encode the link using a strategy also used in OpenSearch for instance, using so-called ​URI Templates

This would result in a link that would look like:

<link xmlns:xlink=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" type="simple" role="application/vnd.ogc.wms" href="http://geonetwork3.fao.org/ows/1?service=wms&query=GetMap&Layers={ogc:layer=admin1,admin2}" title="Admin boundaries of Africa"/>