Re: Proposal RSSFAQ Group

[Aaron Swartz <aswartz@swartzfam.com>]

Alis Marsden <alis@contentrelations.com> wrote:

> OK, I've had one "go for it" [1] and one "not yet" [2], so I'm still here
> for the time being!

I think Ken's comment was more "keep it here" than "not yet" -- which I
totally agree with. Let's get going, but I see no reason to separate RSSFAQ
from the Syndication world.

> contributor so lets utilize those people.  Again I tend to think a
> non-technical list would be a better place to organise this.

I never understood syndication to be a purely technical list.

> RSSFAQ.  RSSFAQ could write something up in plain English and publish it.
> Voila, we have a simple news service.

I've tried to do this at RSS Info[1] but I haven't been able to keep up
myself. RSS Info is built on top of my web content management system, so I'm
happy to give others access to add new stories to the site. I'd also
volunteer to host RSSFAQ along with RSS Info or combine the data in some
way. I've tried hard to keep RSS Info up-to-date and I'd hate for all that
work to be lost. Please, let's find a way to work together.

[1] http://blogspace.com/rss/

> media, i.e. if you are a regional paper like the Irish Examiner and would
> like to speak with a Dublin based company you can contact Alis Marsden or if
> you are interested in RSS 0.93 Dave Winer would be the best person to speak
> to. 

I'd volunteer to be a contact for RSS 1.0, as I seem to be doing that job
mostly already. Of course, I cannot speak for the group, but I can try to
provide some history and background, which I have done with others.

> RSSFAQ could be a friendly non-technical place where basic questions
> could be answered and journalists could be pointed in the right direction
> for further information.

I see where you're going but I'd suggest that we keep the discussion here
until it proves too overwhelming for the list. At that point we can move it.

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