RE: Re: [syndication] RE: RFC: Clearing confusion for RSS, agreement for forward motion

["Rael Dornfest" <rael@oreilly.com>]

Hi,

> From: Dave Winer [mailto:dave@userland.com]

> It doesn't matter so much what these things mean to you and I,
> what matters
> is what they mean to newbies.

Agreed completely.  And I invite, as I did for all the lurkers on RSS-DEV,
users, both newbies and old hacks, to speak up on what makes most sense to
them.

> I'm going to be really straight -- the two new names must not be
> RSS-anything. Otherwise it's absolutely as messy as it is now. I

That's one take on it.  There has been some good discussion here on whether
or not that is true and whether or not folks want RSS- in the names going
forward.  Given agreement that RSS belongs to the community, I believe we're
interested in hearing what the community has to say and decide on the
matter.

> took my own
> medicine, OPML is not called RSS-Outlines. Leave RSS where it is,
> and create
> something new.

Again, that was your decision and one that may well be repeated in this
case.

Perhaps a poll on this point might be in order?  If so, I'd like to nominate
Mark Nottingham as impartial pollster.

> That's what should have happened in August, imho.

Your opinion is well known on this front.  Let's try and leave these in the
past and keep moving forward.

Onward and upward,

Rael