Re: [syndication] Open Content Syndication namespace

[Ian Davis <iand@internetalchemy.org>]

On Saturday, 01 February 2003 at 20:28, Dmitry Jemerov wrote:
> Hello All,

>   I am currently trying to create a proper implementation of Open
> Content Syndication import in Syndirella [1], and there is one thing I
> don't quite understand. All released versions of the published OCS
> standard [2] say that the OCS namespace is:

>   http://InternetAlchemy.org/ocs/directory#
That's the version 0.4 namespace

>   However, the OCS directories produced by both MoreOver and
> Syndic8.com use a different namespace:

>   http://alchemy.openjava.org/ocs/directory#
That's a very very old namespace.


>   http://purl.org/ocs/directory/0.5/#
This new namespace uses purl.org to provide future stability.

>   Why is that? Should the feeds at MoreOver and Syndic8.com be fixed
> to match the standard? Or should I use only local names when parsing
> OCS, and not try to do proper namespace processing?
Ideally the feeds should be fixed.



- Ian <iand@internetalchemy.org>
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