Thoughts on the emerging use of RSS by Bill French and F. Andy Seidl, Co-founders of MyST Technology Partners.

March 06, 2006

RSS "Segment" is Maturing Slowly

Here's a perfect example of why RSS is maturing slowly

"(Ironically, the RSS feeds for these forums only include partial text descriptions, which is really irritating, and considered by most to be an RSS Worst Practice. An inflamed polyp, if you will.)" -- inkBlots

This is a silly and stupid remark. RSS is an XML specification designed to solve many problems; some would find headline-only feeds both beneficial and a business requirement. Sheesh... the RSS "community" needs to get their collective heads out of their collective asses and realize that business people don't want to behave like bloggers.


	RSS gets an Enema
	For a myriad of reasons, the specification for RSS has been either too loose or too constipated, depending on your point of view.
	http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2006/02/21/rss-gets-an-enema/