Re: My take on shared feed lists

> Oh, I understand your objection now, thanks.
>
> This was a probably a vague explanation on my part.  I didn't intend
> to suggest a fall-back filename.  I intended to suggest a fall-back
> URL.
>
> So the only valid example from your list above is:
>   http://somesite.hosted.example.com/default.xml
>
> Now I see where your concerns about crazy-ass spiders wandering the
> whole site "tree" are coming from.
>
> This helps a lot, thanks.

Well, the idea of a fallback opens the door to it becoming the only mechanism.
I'm loathe to see this arena burdened with yet another dead-end.  I'd much
rather open the door for growth and innovation, not see it closed by using the
wrong format at a fixed URL.

-Bill Kearney


 

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