Re: [syndication] (Hopefully slightly less) Total confusion in RSS-Land

[Rael Dornfest <rael@oreilly.com>]

Howdy,

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Mark Nottingham wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 05:33:23PM -0700, Rael Dornfest wrote:
> > > I didn't realize that RSS-DEV had a charter, etc.; pleasant surprise.
> > > Unfortunately, groups that come about without a larger context may have
> > > difficulty asserting any authority, as might be the case here ;)
> > 
> > It's less about asserting authority and more about taking a leap of faith,
> > nominating representatives, and putting a process in place (which takes a
> > little bootstrapping but does work).
> 
> An unfortunately choice of words there; sorry. 

No problem; just being clear.

> The process will get you a representation of your group's work and thoughts,
> but what after that? How do you get other people to accept/recognize it? 

People are, mind you.  There are already implementations online and in the
works.

> Working through a standards body has the advantage that once you get
> something through it, you have the implicit weight of all of its
> participants with you, even if they have individual problems with what's
> published. A one-off group is not only (potentially) lacking context, it
> never has a chance to gather that kind of momentum.

A counter-point to that is the success of RSS thus far.  It's my sincere
belief that RSS is losing ground is that its not been extensible and seen
as perpetually beta.  Thus the importance, in my view, of that sweet
number, 1.0.

Rael

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