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Semantics Technology

RSS: Proof is in the implementation

Sam Ruby had taken a first shot at RSS 2.0 with an RSS document demonstrating the new, simplified RSS syntax. No evidence of RDF, RSS version, no RDF Seq. Mark expanded on this with what looks to be the same specification, different examples and the use of included HTML (parseLiteral in RDF terms). (Correct me if I misread this […]

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Technology

Threadneedle status

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I provided a status on ThreadNeedle at the QuickTopic discussion group. I wish I had toys for you to play with, but no such luck. To those who were counting on this technology, my apologies for not having it for you, and unless someone can point out an obvious solution to […]

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Technology

Myths about RDF/RSS

Lots of discussion about the direction that RSS is going to take, which I think is good. However, the first thing that happens any time a conversation about RSS occurs is people start questioning the use of RDF within the RSS 1.0 specification, and the necessity of keeping RSS “simple”. Mark Pilgrim writes: Many people in the RSS community feel that, […]

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Diversity

Skin deep

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Dorothea is on a roll! And aside from the fact that she rolled over my foot (in the nicest possible way) I like what she has to say. I, also, want nothing more than to be valued because of me, of what I am, rather than how I look. When people look […]

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Technology Weblogging

Threadneedle meets BlogMD

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I spent some time today hanging around at the BlogMD discussion group, talking about RDF, RSS, embedding problems, data models and so on. As much of a lone wolf as I must seem to people, I prefer working these types of problem as a team. There is something about multiple heads working […]