Re: Re: RSS : a "namespace" in itself ?

rcade wrote:
> I look forward to seeing the results of your test,

Results now up on my blog:
http://www.xn--8ws00zhy3a.com/blog/2009/02/a-namespace-for-rss

> but since that URI
> was used to define a namespace for RSS 2.0, won't that be received as
> an encouragement to do exactly that?

I wouldn't think so. I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that 
Dave experimented with it briefly in his feed, but never formally proposed 
it be used for anything.

> Also, that URI lacks a trailing slash, and it's not under our control,
> so we can't educate anyone who requests it in a browser on the proper
> and improper use of namespace declarations in RSS.

I don't see the value of a trailing slash - the Atom namespace doesn't have 
one and that has never been an issue AFAIK. The fact that it's not under the 
board's control is a valid point though.

However, given that the namespace is in use in the wild and is conciously 
supported by at least a few feed readers, I think creating a new namespace 
assigned to the same set of elements is a bad idea. We could end up with the 
same chaos we have with the Yahoo media rss extension, with different people 
using different namespaces, and it'll end up an interoperability nightmare.

Regards
James



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