Re: RSS as a pseudo Web Service

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:01:58 -0700, Bill Kearney <[email protected]>  
wrote:

> Indeed, why bother wrapping it in RSS at all?  If all you're passing is  
> RDF data then why not simply pass it using REST principles?  Just pull  
> the data via HTTP.

A good question, which is why I wanted to enquire. You've now made me aware
of REST, which I wasn't before, so I will certainly take a closer look at
it.

> But let's step back, is there some other parallel reason for wanting to  
> use RSS?

None, other than it would be RDF, like the content.

> As to processing RDF via XSLT you're in for a whole other set of
> adventures...

Yes, that is so.

Regards,
Brian
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