Re: [syndication] OCS Version 0.5 draft

[burton@openprivacy.org]

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Morten Frederiksen <mof-syndication@mfd-consult.dk> writes:

> Hi (Kevin),
> 
> On Thursday 05 September 2002 04:18, you wrote:
> > I can't help but think that the concept of an RSS feed is obsolete:
> Interesting, but what does it have to do with this?
> 
> > 1.  We have ways to search for content on other peers via standard formats
> > (SOAP over any binding (JXTA, BEEP, HTTP))
> Maybe so, but certainly not in widespread use, not something that I see 
> changing soon.

OCS 0.5 isn't in widespread use.
<snip/>

> > 3.  We now have the mod_subscription spec [1] which can be used by RSS
> >     readers/aggregators to discover other RSS channels and with the
> >     mod_link spec one can link to additional RDF.
>
> I don't see the point of mod_subscription when mod_link exists, i.e. bloating
> the RSS with constant metadata. This information should stay separate from the
> feed itself, it's not related.
<snip/>

Did you *read* the mod_subscription spec?  SRDF can be used with mod_link to
link to a mod_subscription RDF file from main RSS feed.

Kevin

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