On 10/27/05, Kyle Marvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Referring to XOXO, > > On 10/27/05, Luke Arno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We get the added benefit of our documents having > > meaning in other contexts. Like existing search engines. > > I'm not sure that this is a a strong argument for XOXO. Interesting > and useful introspection data is going to be hyperlinked and crawable, > whether it is in XHTML or XML format. Someone who wants their feeds > crawled will ensure that the traversal happens either way. > > Having a declared MIME document type (vs. being embedded in XHTML) > would seem to make it much easier for a crawl to identify the content > for what it is. > > Am I missing something about XOXO that makes it more crawl-friendly? > Or did you mean something else by "search engine contexts"? >
We can use *both* mime types. Search engines already understand XHTML. I am in favor of using our own profile not XOXO (though you could still use XOXO). - Luke
