Re: generic minimal set desired in a data syndication message?

[Aaron Swartz <aswartz@swartzfam.com>]

Seth Russell <seth@robustai.net> wrote:

> Hmmm ... why, again please, aren't  you  proposing these extensions as
> a syndication module of RSS 1.0 on the dev-rss list?

Since Ian isn't here, I'll try and respond (of course Ian is free to correct
me when he gets back).

Ian is tying to start from a clean slate, in regards to syndication. For
him, RSS has too much legacy stuff as well as trying to do more than just
syndication. Ian is looking for...well, as the subject line says: the
generic minimal set desired in a data syndication message. Perhaps the
result of this work will be an extension to RSS (as well as perhaps another
spec) but in the mean time, it's important to begin work on finding exactly
what people mean by syndication, and what they need to do it.

That's what Ian's trying to do right now, he's not trying to create a spec
or a module or anything. I hope other people can help out.

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