It’s just data
Based on Dave's question and Tim's criticisms, I've gang-blogged my thoughts on where RSS has been and where it is going.
When I was done, I wasn't sure whether I had an essay or a number of blog entries, so I thought I would experiment with the format.
Tim Bray, RSS Needs Fixing: Because, boys and girls, RSS is no longer a science experiment, it's becoming an important part of the infrastructure, which means that a lot of programmmers are going to get the assignment of generating and parsing it,...
Excerpt from Blogging Roller atSam writes some article/blog entries on RSS: The Future of RSS, Ghosts of RSS Past, RSS: it's not just for...
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Trackback from techno weenie
As long as something reasonable is being done to prevent breakage... the proposals are reasonable. Of course, this has been tried before... maybe it'll work out this time? I certainly agree with Sam that 2.0 could/will be used for many things, and...
Excerpt from Archipelago atXML is a virus. Nothing has immunity. It infects every technology that it touches. It infects word processors, spreadsheets, databases, frameworks, and code comments. In the beginning, there was the .INI file. Then,...
Excerpt from Sean 'Early' Campbell & Scott 'Adopter' Swigart's Radio Weblog atA little of everything. I mean, why not? I'm up anyway....
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Trackback from dive into mark
Last time we discussed a namespace for RSS 2.0, I got it wrong, proposing the right thing to do as my third proposal and bad-mouthing it. This time, I'd like to see it done right....
Excerpt from phil ringnalda dot com atGang-B*(&#R'd?
I understand that cultures develop their own dialect, but I'd like to ask that this one not be perpetuated. :-)
Posted by Dean atRSS galore: what's in the future of RSS? Mark Nottingham is trying this: an Internet Draft of RSS 2.0. In the meantime, Sam Ruby elaborates: RSS Namespace Proposal, RSS: It's just not for syndication anymore, Ghosts of RSS past, Future of RSS. Then,...
Excerpt from Through the Blogging-glass at