Nick
Bradbury: Well, let me just reiterate that if the board
intends solely to clarify the spec, I’ll toss roses your
way. Unresolved issues such as whether markup is
supported in elements other than description continue to be a
burden to RSS developers, end users and feed producers alike.
In the past week alone I’ve dealt with three separate bug
reports that were caused by HTML in elements other than
description, and I’d love to stop spending time on this sort
of thing.
The RSS Advisory Board seems to be having some sort of
identity crisis. Despite the temporary confusion, the
license of
the RSS 2.0 specification clearly permits derivative works to
be created without requiring the permission of anyone, under
certain conditions. The current draft doesn’t meet
those conditions, but I’m confident that this will be
corrected with the final version.
Being allowed to clarify the specification is one thing.
Whether or not others feel like Nick does is yet another.
In the long run, the success of the
work currently
under the working title of RSS 2.0.2 depends little on what
Harvard thinks, but instead depends very much on what people like
Nick and companies like Microsoft actually do.
The leadership that Rogers is providing has been exemplary.
I’ve been quietly aligning the
Feed Validator
RSS 2.0 test cases to track to the drafts that he has
produced. I believe this work is important and should
continue.
“I’ve been quietly aligning the Feed Validator RSS 2.0 test cases to track to the drafts that have been produced. I believe this work is important and should continue.”
Agreed, and kudos to both you and Rogers for your respective efforts.
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