Re: [syndication] RFC: myPublicFeeds.opml

["Dave Winer" <dave@userland.com>]

Indeed, the majority of responses reflect exactly what you think since
you've posted them.

That doesn't mean it's a bad idea, it just means that you're controlling the
discussion here on the Syndication list, as usual.

Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kearney" <ml_yahoo@ideaspace.net>
To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [syndication] RFC: myPublicFeeds.opml


> The majority of responses seems to indicate the fixed URL idea, on it's
face, is
> a bad one.  Thus forcing use of 8.3 naming conventions doesn't really
matter at
> all.  If it's a bad idea how it's named is irrelevant.  Not to mention the
> arrogance of dictating that it be english-centric.  Isn't it bad enough
already?
> Granted, a URI or MIME type specifying the type is going to end up having
the
> same bias, it'll free the site authors to use URLs that are identifiable
in
> their native tongue.
>
> <link rel='subscriptions' type='application/adx+xml'
> href='http://example.com/blog/feeds.xml'/>
> <link rel='subscriptions' type='text/opmll'
> href='http://example.com.de/tagebuch/zufuhren.opml'/>
> <link rel='subscriptions' type='application/rdf'
> href='http://example.com.jp/供給.rdf'/>
>
> Thus a site author is free to use pathnames that won't offend or otherwise
> confuse their audience.  Why force the 4 billion people that don't speak
english
> to suffer using english wording for a URL their audience might see?
>
> The link rel and type attributes are bad enough but internationalizing
them
> would, at this point, be going overboard.  There's simple, there's complex
and
> then there's just crazy.
>
> Honestly, use of a fixed URL is needlessly biased and generally a harmful
idea.
> Can we not agree to abandon the idea?
>
> -Bill Kearney
> Syndic8.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Winer" <dave@userland.com>
>
>
> > It's been recommended that the file name be 8.3, meaning eight
characters in
> > the name, followed by a three-character extension on the theory that
this
> > would increase the number of places it could be deployed. Comments? Dave
>
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