>> For such a change there would have to be a long period of deprecation for
>> the current style (though if a name change is on the cards,
>> perhaps a 'year
>> zero' approach might be in order).
>
>A lot of the ideas suggested here of late are going to be hard or impossible
>to make backwards compatible. I think we are talking about at least a
>possible year zero and I would only suggest such a change in the names if we
>were to proceed as such. A lot of people seem to be brain-dumping so I
>though I'd join in :)

I highly suggest that we start from scratch, and not worry about backwards
compatability. I seriously doubt that the authors of software generating feeds
would be opposed to creating another format.

If we start without any preconceived notions of what this should be like, maybe
we'll come up with something spectacular.

--Eric