Re: Re: Recommended MIME type for RSS 2.0

> And I don't think combining forces
> with RSS-DEV is going to help much either.

> No harm in applying, and I don't want to be pesimistic, but I think you
need
> to be realistic about your chances of success.

You might actually want to ask before making those assumptions.

> > I definitely think we should apply and see what happens (assuming the
> > two groups support the attempt).

I'd be willing to support the use of something independent, like a purl URL.
A discussion could be held to setup the necessary redirect from it.

> Officially application/rss+xml wouldn't identify RSS 2.0
> documents, but documents conforming to this new profile (which could cover
> both RSS 2.0 and RSS 1.0). In reality people will continue to use it for
any
> old RSS feed, but that doesn't matter. At least it would be registered.

Indeed, the win lies in getting the i's dotted and the t's crossed, if only
for folks that find that sort of thing relevant.

-Bill Kearney
Syndic8.com