Re: [syndication] Re: Thoughts, questions, and issues.

[Edd Dumbill <edd@usefulinc.com>]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 04:47:40PM -0700, Gary Teter wrote:
> I just don't understand, practically speaking, why RDF needs to be a part of
> the syndication process. 

Key point. Syndication is just one thing you can do with RSS. There are
many more interesting things. Syndication as a task requires a different
set of stuff than describing a web site, this seems to me to be what Ian
Graham is saying.

So, RSS is "site summary". If you choose to syndicate that metadata,
cool. There are many other things one could do with it.

In my opinion RSS and syndication should be separated. Syndication is
about routing, rights, scheduling etc. That applies to any content,
whether metadata, images, MP3s or whatever.

I don't think discussions conflating the two ideas of metadata and
syndication will ever reach a happy resolution.

-- Edd

PS. As for RDF, it's one way of skinning the cat, and quite a funky one
at that.  Why not let's try it and see how it goes?