Re: RSS 0.94

["e_vitiello_jr" <eric@perceive.net>]

--- In syndication@y..., "Dave Winer" <dave@u...> wrote:
> So who exactly is stopping you from commenting, in a threaded 
fashion or
> otherwise.

Not answering for Morbus, But I think that he was simply trying to 
explain why a more open process for developing the standard would be 
helpful.

I think it's pretty obvious from all of the comments on the spec that 
have happened that people ARE interested in having a revised version 
of the 0.9x series of RSS, and that the stopMotion that you refer to 
isn't really going to happen.

If the development of the spec was done on a mailing ist, or yahoo 
groups, it would encourage more interaction between the people 
interested in it, and would provide a mechanism to save why things 
were done (i.e. why was a <category> included under <item>, but not 
<channel> ?).

If the conversation were to take place on yahoo groups, I could 
simply read the new mails via email os rss feed, and easily reply, 
rather than hoping that I read the correct websites of the people 
that are commenting (since most comments appear to be on personal 
websites).

I suggest that the conversation of the development of this spec be 
moved to something more public.

A nice analogy: Try to create a document that requires the input of 
10 or more people.  Try to do it over the phone.  without conference 
calling.  You'll find it quite frustrating, just as creating a 
specification like this is hard to do when the creation is divided 
into multiple two-person conversations.

Sometimes a simple change of conversation medium makes frustration 
minimal, and efficiency optimal.  Conversation methods are of upmost 
importance in such matters.

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Eric Vitiello [Perceive Designs]
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