Re: Re: enclosure status? (MRSS)

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Vadim Zaliva wrote:
> Media RSS is too specific to media files. I think "enclosures" should
> be more generic mechanism which allows to distribute any kind of data,
> not just audio/video.
>
> In fact, Media RSS could probably be used together with enclosures,
> but not to replace them.

Ok, here's a usecase:

An anti-virus company distributes notifications to fetch updates via 
RSs with the updated software in the enclosures.

The Apache HTTPD module distributes notifications to fetch 
security-related patches via RSS with the patch itself in the enclosure.

Are there others?  Let's work through practical benefits of a more generic 
mechanism.

- Lucas



 
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