Re: [syndication] A message to the lurkers on the list

[Rael Dornfest <rael@oreilly.com>]

Hi,

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Dave Winer wrote:

> Mark, I'd prefer to err on the side of adding a few questionable elements.

Why do they need to be questionable?  Can't any of them be based on
knowns?  If you want to add a <date> element, why reinvent the wheel
rather than noticing that what you're proposing is very much like Dublin
Core's concept of date.  Same with <publisher>, <subject>, etc.

> The alternative has been a total freeze on new features. Every time the

And why the binary decision making?

> question comes up we get deluged with posts about namespaces. Dave

I'm not sure where you're seeing a deluge of posts about namespaces.  You
certainly aren't seeing much in the way of RDF.

I know I suggested taking a gander at what Dublin Core could teach without
requring the use of namespaces or RDF:

  http://www.egroups.com/message/syndication/745
  http://www.egroups.com/message/syndication/752
  http://www.egroups.com/message/syndication/766

(Mind you, the only namespaces example was one borrowed from the 1.0p
spec, but needn't be so).

Rael

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