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September 07, 2002

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Folks, to all intents and purposes both RSS groups are continuing along on their separate paths. Whether the RSS 1.0 group continues using RDF in their specification is an open question, which I hope they will resolve as this indecision leaves confusion in its wake.

I think the community loses by this divergence, but I have done all that I can to try and influence this and haven't been successful. I will continue to answer questions about my interpretation of any of this, but won't continue my direct efforts in this regard, not because I'm angry and am picking up my marbles and going home, but because I am going to need to focus my time on those things I can influence, such as making a living.

I did appreciate those questions about the use of RDF within the simplified RDF RSS 2.0 specification. Those were a treat, and I thank you. Please feel free to continue asking questions, privately, via email.

On to other things.

Posted by Bb at September 07, 2002 04:58 PM

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I, for one, would really appreciate if you kept your attention parked in that small zone between the two camps. The more people to try pulling the two parties together (as opposed to pushing them together, which always must be done from the "far side"), the better.

Besides, I'd really like to have your answers to the questions I asked yesterday :-)

Take care,

Posted by: Ziv Caspi on September 7, 2002 05:41 PM

Ziv, your questions were excellent, excellent. And I am writing a response, which I will post online. But give me a day or two, a bit tuckered today.

Posted by: Shelley aka Bb on September 7, 2002 06:23 PM

Shelley,

Sorry to see you go, a voice of reason is always needed, perhaps more now than ever.

While I may be somewhat impartial in the matter, I also believe that RDF is the way to go, but most of all I would *love* a single standard, everything would be so much easier.

I think that people like yourself, speaking from the usage point of view, are the only ones really able to put pressure on all parties involved, making sure that a merger happens.

Here's hoping for a quick return...

Posted by: Morten Frederiksen on September 7, 2002 08:08 PM

Thank you Shelly for all your work. I too hope that
you come back to the conversation, but I understand
the sentiment.

Posted by: Joe on September 7, 2002 09:55 PM

Thanks Morten, Joe. I'm not going away, but don't want to spin wheels on ice. I think what I'll do is start talking about RDF and what it can provide with something like RSS. Just for our own interest.

Perhaps I should create a third RSS:

BB/RDF/RSS

;-)

Posted by: Shelley aka Bb on September 7, 2002 10:41 PM

Or perhaps RBB.

Posted by: Jonathon Delacour on September 7, 2002 11:11 PM

RBB, eh?

Really Bitchin' Blog syntax? Richly Burning Blog? Real Bosky Blog? Right Bird Blog? Rightous Babe Blog?

How about: Rittle Bitty Brog?

The permutations are boggling...why who needs RSS when we can create our own? Complete with field for holding each weblogger's cat's name. And favorite kitchen cleaning utensil.

Posted by: Shelley aka Bb on September 7, 2002 11:52 PM

That cat name field needs to be repeatable, Bb. :)

Posted by: Dorothea Salo on September 8, 2002 02:37 PM