Re: [syndication] Re: Total confusion in RSS-Land

[Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 04:59:03PM -0700, Rael Dornfest wrote:
> Standards bodies rely upon the people involved to be productive, 
> cooperative, and respectful.  Taking a mess to a standards body with the
> hope that it'll be cleaned up by virtue of being given a home is, in my
> opinion, rather optimistic.  Take a gander at the XML-DEV mailing list a
> view into the efficacy of standards bodies[2].  (Not rendering an opinion
> here, mind you, only a pointer.)

BTW, one interesting side effect of taking RSS to a body like the W3C is
that W3C won't take the work on unless they see a clear path forward; the
effects of this could be an interesting reality check in and of itself..

Cheers,





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Mark Nottingham
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