On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Martin Atkins <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Mo McRoberts wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I’ve come across a requirement in the course of a project I’m working on > > for a format which is a little richer and more readily-extensible than > > OPML. Creating something Atom-based was a natural fit for my needs, and > > so that’s what I’ve done. > > > > Although I have no particular expectations of this supplanting OPML for > > subscription exchange, I’d like to offer a draft version of this spec > > for review by the (far more knowledgeable than me) folk here. I’ve had > > good initial feedback, but it really needs a wider audience. > > Did you consider simply making an Atom feed of items which themselves > represent feeds? Does this have any disadvantages over the new feedset > element you've defined? > This was my first thought too - unless there was some significant functionality that could not be replicated using e.g. categories then I would be hesitant to complicate Atom's simple and elegant model. I'm yet to see a compelling reason for a new entity. Sam
