Diego Doval's review [1] of blogging API's, and the discussion that followed is an absolute must-read for developers working on either side of the interfaces....
A repost from my weblog: Dave Winer is proposing a new version of the MetaWeblog API, an XML-RPC interface for weblog publishing that's supported by ...
... the ... I hate to be disagreeable, but... yikes! IMO, most of that stuff is far better suited to app-specific APIs, or at least some sort of optional API...
It's going to take some time to digest this, but I'm sure you already knew that. It would be easier to point to, btw, if it were on the Web. Yahoo tends to...
I've already replied to this once, but it must have been eaten by a grue. ... API-based signup is already supported on Radio.Weblogs.Com, Salon Blogs,...
... That's what you get for letting your torch burn out. :) ... So why integrate a functional, pre-existing API into metaWeblog? If developers want to support...
... I suspect that he might, since it's already available on UserLand, Salon Blogs, and PyCS community servers. Sites that don't want to support user...
... What if they aren't using Radio et al? I'd like to support this functionality all under one API rather than two: I don't want to tell my users "Use this...
... tell ... one ... Why would you be telling your users anything of the sort? If you've got a client tool that handles signups and content creation, and an ...
... Ah, but I'm not the one building that tool. I prefer to leave that to someone else. I'm more interested in what messages that tool might send my way, and...
Well, I gave this some thought -- and I'm sorry to disappoint, but I don't love the idea. :-( Let me explain with an analogy. Suppose I had a bus. I drove...
While the car/bus thing is fun, imho it doesn't apply here. I think the blogger community needs a broad-coverage api that encourages other content systems to...
... that is ... That's what the MW API is supposed to be. I'm not sure, however, why you think that has anything to do with a suggestion to incorporate ...
... why ... I'm trying to see your perspective, but I don't understand how you could deride weblog account creation as "irrelevant functionality." Clearly the...
Rogers, thanks for picking up the discussion in a constructive way. First, why shouldn't xmlStorageSystem be considered as a first-class API in league with...
... The creation and management of an account is not directly relevant to the job of an API that is designed to manipulate weblog entries. IMO, the rule of...
Speaking as someone who will be implementing a meta-weblog client soon but hasn't quite yet... I'd say that this does not belong in "the Meta-Weblog" API. Why?...
... Agreed. User account management should be a separate API. And of course, trying to come up with such an API in a manner that is flexible enough to shoehorn...
... upload a ... group. Dave, This is where I ask: "Is there an RSS 2.0 element for a sequence of images? If not, why would it be part of the metaWeblog API?" ...
Is this a question or a comment? -- either way, please elaborate or clarify. Thanks. ... From: Roger Benningfield To: MetaWeblog-API@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
... or clarify. Thanks. Dave, Answer: A question and a comment. Clarification: It seems to me that the existing MW API is focused (whether by design or happy...
My first thought was that it would be more flexible and more consistent with the spec if, instead of just images, it worked with any type of media object. ...
Thanks for the explanation. In the future it would be good to provide the background with the question. Actually the connection to RSS 2.0 wasn't initially...
<delurk> ... I realize that this was a pre-RFC, but I think Roger brings up a good point. It sounds to me like as a matter of policy, new methods should ...
Good point. I did it that way because I make lots of GIFs and JPEGs myself and I have code that can determine the height and width of those. But no reason to...
Subject: New Message: Re: A new API for sequences of photos? ... http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/mtpsoft/limon/ [1] ... simplicity. That simplicity was part of...
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