Re: [syndication] Come on, let's move past this - Let's just choose a name!

[Julian Bond <julian@netmarketseurope.com>]

In article <NEBBIIHGCLNJBKNCFIGLMEFACPAA.jeff@vertexdev.com>, Jeff Barr
<jeff@vertexdev.com> writes
>BTW, all of you lurkers out there, please jump in and say something.

Not lurking, just sleeping.

IMHO 
RSS-SomeEnglishQualifier is not going to work. The great thing about
acronyms is that they can mean whatever you want them to mean. But the
moment you put real English into the name it's going to be limiting.
What is RSS-Content? What's simple about RSS-Simple? What the hell does
RSS-Semantic mean. And so on.

This is exactly why I proposed RDFSS . I think it's safe to say that the
protocol currently known as "RSS 1.0" will always include rdf. So RDF
Site Summary is exactly what it is. And if "Site Summary" is not a
perfect description of what it's about, then think up some other SS
names.

I'm less sure about RSSML, that I proposed before. It feels like
wherever it goes, it will be Really Simple. It'll probably be a markup
language. But ask Dave (from memory, I can't find the post) and it's
about *content*. Perhaps RSCML would be better. 

And now I'm going to be late for work...

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