Re: [DISCUSS] eXtensible Content Syndication (the next step for O CS)

["Duynstee, Teun" <teun.duynstee@macaw.nl>]

Three comments:

1) Lets keep really clear if the attributes on the format element should or
shouldn't carry a prefix when the XCS namespace is not the default
namespace.

2) What I would really like in a successor to OCS would be a way to
deprecate a certain URL. Often, the URLs of feeds change. Of course: rather
not, but it happens for both logistic reasons (think www.moreover.com ->
p.moreover.com) and marketing reasons (think egroups.com ->
yahoogroups.com). Nowadays, aggregators (including end-users of client
headline viewers) will only notice this situation when:
  a) the feed is discontinued, error message on screen
  b) a second feed with identical content shows up

Maybe we could use something like:
             <format mimeType="" contentType="" location="">
               <deprecated since="" continued-at=""/>
             </format>

or maybe something the other way around, where only the current location
appears in the list, but carrying a list of previous deprecated locations.

3) I think it is important that XCS consumers can see from the listing which
feeds are basically the same info, but using a different format. This is a
very common situation (check out the Moreover OCS). XCS consumers will want
to pick their favoured format and use this. Of course, this is a non-issue
if the format element is intended to occur multiple times per feed. Is that
indeed the intention? Would it be usefull then to allow for different
languages of the same feed?

On the whole: nice work, good start.
Bye,

Teun Duynstee