Good discussion. Separating distribution from semantics is a worthwhile goal. Probably the easiest goal to achieve, too.
I banged my head against this problem a few months ago. Where I left off was that we need a solution to the HTTP "turducken" problem. Can you guys go over this thread for me? http://groups.google.com/group/pubsubhubbub/browse_thread/thread/6bb4b26043059f27?pli=1 Am I wrong to think we even need to solve this? -Brett On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Alexis Richardson <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Charl van Niekerk <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Fri, 2011-02-25 at 12:02 -0800, Jeff Lindsay wrote: >>> Yes, this is where I'm at, too. It seems like we're getting there >>> though. It just seems like (and I could be wrong!) there is a lot of >>> bias towards Atom/feed semantics. Even the tiniest structure is a >>> constraint to use cases and adoption. That's all I'm saying. Also just >>> the marketing. Is it about feeds or is it a distribution framework? >>> Because it sounds like the former and that's what people think that I >>> talk to and they decide it's not worth messing with. >> >> Same here, Atom feeds were obviously the most logical place to start and >> would have the greatest short-term impact on the web as it stands but to >> have to reinvent the wheel for other formats is kinda ridiculous. Would >> be awesome to see PubSubHubbub become a more generic distribution >> framework and be marketed as such! >> >> >
