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RSS Version 3 Specs Up for Review

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we'll-be-supporting-atom-in-a-few-weeks dept.

Jonathan Avidan writes "The RSS 3 Homepage now offers its first publicly available specification, the RSS 3 Lite-type Specification First Draft, intended for review and commenting for revision. RSS 3 is a reworking of RSS 2.0, filling the gaps and removing unnecessary features and is fully backwards-compatible, rather than a new format."

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  1. durnit by B3ryllium · · Score: 3, Funny

    Damn, and I *just* got around to implementing RSS1 in my CMS ... ah well. :)

  2. Re:While we're on the subject... by Trigun · · Score: 4, Funny

    It'll be an application octet/stream with a signed key that you need to decrypt it. They key will be available in the new Microsoft Web feeds viewer only, or on hacker sites two days before official launch. The actual feed will be the equivalent of `cat /dev/mem > newsfeed.web`, and subscribing to more than one feed will require a separate high speed connection installed on your computer.

  3. Re:Im sure Microsoft can improve it by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure you're wrong. Microsoft will undoubtedly implement RSS 3.0 into Longhorn with no changes. After all, they're committed to Open Standards.

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  4. Re:While we're on the subject... by hritcu · · Score: 2, Funny

    So what? The RSS guys managed to release several incompatible versions, and this even without Microsoft's help.

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    If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough. (Alan Kay)