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Re: RE: evolvable formats

• To: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>, xml-dev@l..., "'Mark Pilgrim'" <f8dy@d...>
• Subject: Re: RE: evolvable formats
• From: Joe Gregorio <joe@b...>
• Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:34:15 -0400
• References: <200210111124.HAA13582@m...>
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John Cowan wrote:
> Joe Gregorio scripsit:
> 
> 
>>When I said "currently available" I was talking about the time
>>at which RSS 1.0 was released.
> 
> 
> Surely it's not reasonable to expect an impressive list of tools for
> a just-released specification.
> 

I agree with you. I too believe there was a dearth
of tools available at the time. That was the point I 
was making in this exchange:


Mike Champion:
>> 1 - Politics happens, Evolution is continuous, deal with it.    
>> With technology, as best you can.  Don't make technology choices
>>   that are fragile in the face of human nature.

Joe Gregorio:
>I would add: "Don't make technology choices
>that are fragile in the face of the currently available
>toolsets." For example, using RDF in RSS 1.0.

	-joe

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