[georss] kml reference placemarks v/ georss?

[Raj Singh]

disclosure: I'm on OGC staff and right in the middle of the KML->OGC  
process

On Feb 22, 2007, at 1:18 PM, Sean Gillies wrote:
> A little KML in the atom:content elements of my GeoRSS feeds won't  
> hurt
> anybody, and gets me by until we have a standards-based index.

I think that's the right way to think about this.

And one crucial point that I think a lot of people miss is the legal  
intellectual property aspect. Bringing KML into OGC isn't just about  
what features end up in that XML format. It's just as much about  
making sure the format is royalty-free to use forever. We all know  
the Google mantra is "don't be evil" (and the people I know there  
completely live up to the mantra), but OGC standardization means you  
don't have to take their word for it.

So by standardizing KML in OGC, even if people don't get all the  
features in there they may like to see, at least you will know you  
can build innovative applications and information services around KML  
without fear of getting a cease-and-desist in the mail some day.

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Raj