RE: [syndication] Re: eXtensible Content Syndication (the next step for OCS)

["Leigh Dodds" <ldodds@ingenta.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: burtonator [mailto:burton@relativity.yi.org]
> Sent: 12 August 2001 23:03
> To: syndication@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [syndication] Re: eXtensible Content Syndication (the next
> step for OCS)

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> I don't think that RSS is sufficient.  If we took RSS and added
> about 5 modules then maybe.  At this point it really wouldn't be RSS
anymore. :)

So why not propose these as RSS 1.0 modules?

I'm not sure that I follow the requirements here. Many of the suggested
formats just look like (more!) RSS variants + some additional features.

Why not isolate those features and build on what's available?

Cheers,

L.


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