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Re: [syndication] Re: site-wide metadata discovery
Now, would this be narrating using a hushed golf-course whisper or a Howard
Cosell play-by-play? And in this corner:...
> To which Bill replied:
>
> > One example of how using RDF for this will actually be /smaller/ in size:
> > http://www.syndic8.com/~wkearney/archives/000251.html
>
> And folks, I think we've struck oil! One <link> header, where available,
> pointing to an RDF file that hosts the full set of metadata about the site in
> question. Back that up with a comment pointer in robots.txt for the sites
> where the admins work in restraints.
>
> This consolidates all the metadata in one file for easy updating. Repeating
> clients (aggregators) should cache the RDF filename and do conditional GET,
> so a client need only make one introductory fetch of robots.txt (or none, if
> the <link> is in the <head> of the default document).
>
> It's elegant and as simple as possible, without being any simpler.
>
> Oh, and for sites that don't return a usable document for '/', I guess they
> just don't want to play.
Ok, let me be clear, I'm not saying anything /has/ to use RDF. I'm merely
offering an example of data that is structured following the RDF model that is
also very simple. They're not mutually exclusive.
But as Julian suggested, I'm not looking to see 'full-on RDF' data structures
being inserted into this mix. There's no significant need for them for
something /as simple/ as what we're going after here. Yes, they could well be
useful, and perhaps to a LOT of people. But if we go with the idea of decent
modelling that strives for simple parsing then we can get the best of both
worlds.
-Bill Kearney