I'm still concerned. Since created is an optional attribute and rarely implemented in existing OPML documents, you won't be able to locate the vast majority of outlines. Further, the dependency on a specific domain will ward off adoption. Last, it doesn't follow conventional URI semantics.
2006-11-14EST22:50:44+00:00
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Thanks Randy. I will be releasing the source code as well, meaning that a thousand flowers can hopefully bloom.
The development of standards is rarely pre-planned. It's a conversation. The solution I am presenting is far from perfect. But, as Dave Winer has said, if you want people to build something, you've got to build it first and then let them replicate it.
2006-11-14EST23:33:54+00:00
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The development of standards is rarely pre-planned. It's a conversation. The solution I am presenting is far from perfect. But, as Dave Winer has said, if you want people to build something, you've got to build it first and then let them replicate it.
Also, as I've said before, I build tools. I don't set standards unless I really can't avoid doing so.
Look at HTML. What got people to move towards web standards? Well, I'd like to think that the folks at the Web Standards Project were the reason - that abstract ideas sold them on moving to CSS and web standards. What actually happened is far more pragmatic - things like not having to maintain five versions of the page for different browsers and also getting higher up in the search engines.
If my solution sucks, make it better. If it is better, I'll advocate it. Until that happens, my less-than-perfect solution will have to do.
2006-11-15EST00:17:56+00:00
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Look at HTML. What got people to move towards web standards? Well, I'd like to think that the folks at the Web Standards Project were the reason - that abstract ideas sold them on moving to CSS and web standards. What actually happened is far more pragmatic - things like not having to maintain five versions of the page for different browsers and also getting higher up in the search engines.
If my solution sucks, make it better. If it is better, I'll advocate it. Until that happens, my less-than-perfect solution will have to do.
