We need client that can understand the data from github as well as the data from nytimes or the data from facebook. If they all use a different schema, then, it's going to be a pretty sad world [imagine one where you would need to use a different browser for each of these sites]. Atom is like HTML in this debate. Not perfect, not complete, using XML that everybody hates, but at least my browser can very well consume it no matter what site I'm on. Again, I don't care if it's eventually a JSON based format, but right now, you're not putting anything on the table. Just trashing an older -imperfect- solution. It's too easy to criticize without actually proposing something that works better!
All in all I think it's a different debate. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Jeff Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote: > As I understand it, the issue is not format (that's just an > implementation issue), but the dedication to the semantics of feeds. I > don't see any reason why this needs to be enforced. It seems like a > religious debate, "but they should be using feed semantics!" Well, no, > not if they don't want to. And if that's the case, they'll either not > use PubSubHubbub or continue bastardizing it. > > -jeff > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Tamer Yousef <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'm supporting Julien and the rest of you, just support both: > > Putting extra parameters in the subscription request to tell the HUB your > > desired format, JSON or XML. > > -Tamer > > > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Julien Genestoux > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Just to make it even more clear : I'm not fighting for either XML or > >> against JSON. > >> I'm just fighting for a common data representation model that can be > used > >> for heterogenous data. > >> I don't care if it's XML based, JSON based, YAML based, HTML based or > >> anything. I just want to make sure that the apps consuming it can > blindly > >> consume it whether it's coming from github, facebook, instagram, > nytimes, > >> etsy or anything else. > > > > > > -- > Jeff Lindsay > http://progrium.com >
