Apache Software Foundation - General DOAP Guidelines

General DOAP Guidelines

rdf:resource should be used when listing URL's instead of the more conventional XML format.
```
i.e. <doap:homepage rdf:resource="http://foo" />
```
is the correct form to use.
the doap:Project element may be embedded in other styles of feed, e.g. within an Atom feed. When included in such a way it should still follow all guidelines, even if this means duplicating information.
Dates should be formatted as 'YYYY-MM-DD'. Numbers should be padded with '0' to match the formatting.
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e.g. Jan 1st 2001 should be written as '2001-01-01'
```

projects should include the 'Apache' prefix when listing their project name.
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i.e. 'Apache HTTPD' instead of 'HTTPD'.
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programming languages should be given as capitals unless their well known name is mixed case.
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e.g. Java, SVG, Tcl, Perl, etc
```
A full list of programming langauges we accept is available here
all releases should have a "product" name (added using a doap:name element) included in the doap:Version element.
```
  i.e.
    "<doap:Version>
      <doap:name>Blah</doap:name>..."
```
all URL's should be fully qualified, including the protocol.
```
i.e. http://foo.bar.com/file.html
```
PMC's are given as an rdf:resource that points at http://<pmc>.apache.org/. i.e. <asfext:pmc rdf:resource="http://httpd.apache.org/" />
The categories that a project should be recorded as being within are recorded as rdf:resource using the following format
```
 http://projects.apache.org/category/<category>
  e.g. <doap:category rdf:resource="http://projects.apache.org/category/mail" />
```
A list of the categories is available here
the shortdesc element is use for providing a brief description on index pages and should be included.