I've written my thoughts on the subject on my blog. http://workbench.cadenhead.org/news/3559 The short version is that one person should not be allowed to...
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scamden
Sep 15, 2009 9:25 pm
You've pretty much summed up my feelings on it. I think this is a responsibility that the Board should take on. I do think that Winer's changes have merit,...
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Paul Querna
pquerna
Sep 15, 2009 9:38 pm
... I agree that the process of creating a spec unilaterally by a single (or even small group of people!) is not a good thing. I don't believe 'we' as the RSS...
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Rogers
rcade
Sep 19, 2009 5:28 pm
... If we defer to Dave, he will control RSSCloud and the most likely outcome is that the spec will be imprecise, he will declare it frozen and we won't be in...
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randymorin
Sep 19, 2009 5:54 pm
IMHO, I don't understand how anybody thinks that rssCloud could possibly work. There's simply too many scenarios where the spec fails. See scenarios of failure...
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Rogers
rcade
Nov 12, 2009 9:58 pm
The RSS Advisory Board is now running a local copy of the Feed Validator: http://rssboard.org/rss-validator I'm still making some adjustments to the...
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Sterling (Chip) Camden
scamden
Nov 13, 2009 1:15 am
Nice work, Rogers. My sites all validate - but they're all WordPress, so I'm not shocked with elation. Sterling <mailto:sterling@...> "Chip"...
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Rogers
rcade
Nov 24, 2009 7:14 pm
The following RSS Advisory Board proposal has been made by Rogers Cadenhead and seconded by Ryan Parman. Under the advisory board charter, the board has seven...
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scamden
Nov 25, 2009 6:43 pm
It makes sense to me to have the Board as the central reference point for all things RSS. so I'm in favor of this proposal. I could see down the road maybe...
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wepposcarletti
Nov 26, 2009 9:00 am
I agree both with the proposal and the suggestion to move the namespace at some point. What are your plans for the http://video.search.yahoo.com/mrss URL? Will...
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Ryan Parman
skyzyxufks
Nov 26, 2009 5:59 pm
I also agree with the aforementioned proposal, but have the same question as "wepposcarletti". -- Ryan Parman <http://ryanparman.com>...
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James Holderness
james_holder...
Nov 28, 2009 10:07 pm
... And yet we've already had two board members suggest that it would be ok to change the namespace URI in the future. I would not feel comfortable having...
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Rogers Cadenhead
rcade
Nov 28, 2009 10:31 pm
... The phrase "Finally, the board resolves that the namespace URI for Media RSS will remain "http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" for as long as it is published to...
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scamden
Nov 28, 2009 11:04 pm
Agreed. I see no reason to retract my statement, because as long as Yahoo continues to support the existing URL, it should remain there....
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James Holderness
james_holder...
Nov 28, 2009 11:09 pm
... I think that's a little naive. I'd hate to think that the board couldn't vote to correct past mistakes, even if that means allowing the board to undo good...
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Ryan Parman
skyzyxufks
Nov 28, 2009 11:46 pm
... For me, it was simply a question of what's going to happen with the old URLs. The aforementioned statement answers my question....
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Rogers Cadenhead
rcade
Nov 29, 2009 4:28 pm
... The confusion occurs because namespace URIs look like web addresses, so people naturally think that when the web address changes the URI should change as...
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James Holderness
james_holder...
Nov 29, 2009 7:25 pm
... I agree. But I don't think it's asking a lot to expect some clarification from board members about whether they really would stick to that promise. Given...
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Rogers Cadenhead
rcade
Nov 30, 2009 3:17 pm
... I think it's good that you've called attention to this aspect of the proposal. It will help ensure that board members know the significance of that...
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randymorin
Dec 1, 2009 3:55 pm
Today begins the one week period of voting to transfer publication of the mRSS spec to the board. Please review Rogers proposal (see following message). ...
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scamden
Dec 1, 2009 5:05 pm
In favor....
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randymorin
Dec 1, 2009 5:59 pm
I vote in favor of the proposal. Just a note. If the vote doesn't pass, then I would encourage compromise to make certain it happens....
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Rogers
rcade
Dec 1, 2009 8:22 pm
I vote Yes on the proposal....
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Ryan Parman
skyzyxufks
Dec 1, 2009 8:28 pm
I vote in favor of the proposal. -- Ryan Parman <http://ryanparman.com>...
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weppos
Dec 6, 2009 3:26 pm
As posted in a previous topic, I vote in favor of the proposal. Also, I can agree to the request to leave the namespace untouched since my previous message...
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Jenny Levine
jennamomster
Dec 6, 2009 3:44 pm
+1 in favor weppos wrote: As posted in a previous topic, I vote in favor of the proposal. Also, I can agree to the request to leave the namespace untouched...
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James Holderness
james_holder...
Dec 7, 2009 9:21 pm
... I vote in favour of the proposal. Regards James ....
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Jake Savin
jsavin
Dec 7, 2009 9:34 pm
In favor....
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randymorin
Dec 9, 2009 8:07 pm
The proposal has passed unanimously. For: Camden, Morin, Cadenhead, Parman, Carletti, Levine, Savin, Holderness. Against: none. Abstain: none. Thanks, Randy...
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Rogers
rcade
Dec 12, 2009 3:04 am
As part of the RSS Advisory Board becoming custodian of the Media RSS specification, I've prepared a copy of the spec here: http://www.rssboard.org/media-rss ...
