Re: Re: Which Namespace IF

I would argue in favor of using http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 
  as this is where the current ownership of the spec is. The old  
Userland URI is essentially irrelevant at this point, and I believe  
would only cause confusion if implemented.

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Ryan Parman
<http://ryanparman.com>







On Feb 12, 2009, at 9:38 PM, Randy Morin wrote:

> The http://backend.userland.com/rss namespace is a URI not owned by
> anyone associated with the RSS advisory board and this may lead to an
> ownership stink in the future. Further, that URL redirects to a
> webpage of a very old copy of the RSS specification which will not
> include the latest clarifications to the specification, including any
> namespace clarifications we make based on this discussion.
>
> James has provided some data that supports the use of the
> http://backend.userland.com/rss namespace as it is already supported
> by some RSS clients.
> http://www.xn--8ws00zhy3a.com/blog/2009/02/a-namespace-for-rss
>
> Historically, this discussion is based on Dave Winer's initiate
> proposal of a PSS namespace.
> http://www.rssboard.org/news/186/next-step-syndication-technology
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randy
>
> --- In [email protected], "Randy Morin" <randy@...> wrote:
> >
> > This discussion thread is for the RSS board members to review
> before
> > voting on the namespace for RSS elements in non-RSS documents.
> Please
> > present your arguments and focus only on the subject at hand. This
> > discussion thread is not about IF or IF NOT we should have this
> > namespace. That argument can and will take place at a later time.
> > Neither should this discussion thread be considered approval to use
> any
> > namespace with RSS elements. We are considering only two namespaces.
> >
> > http://backend.userland.com/rss
> > http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification
> >
> > Discuss. Feel free to cut and paste from our previous discussion
> > threads.
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Randy, your friendly (or NOT) RSS Board Chairman
> > http://www.therssweblog.com
> >
>
>
> 



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