I'm still trying to work out whether or not I like Echo. The aim is to rationalise and consolidate the various blogging APIs and versions of RSS.
Some people clearly like the idea. And other people clearly don't.
It apparently won't use the RDF data model but will retain some compatibility with RDF (whatever that means in practice).
It's still very early days but at the moment I find myself tending to favour the opposition. RSS (in all its variety of forms) is out there in a lot of places and works pretty well as it is. While the aims are laudable, I think the most likely outcomes from Echo are (i) a serious amount of concern and confusion over what it will produce and (ii) yet another bloody version of RSS. ;-)
Posted by timo at June 26, 2003 11:27 PM | TrackBack