[georss] Styling GeoRss points

[Charlie Savage]

> I have not read the entire discussion - am on the road - but I have to ask
> the question: Do we want to specify presentation/styling in the same
> document as the content? Kind of hardwiring things.

I'm going with the theory that icons are not styling, they are markup. 
This is the approach taken by HTML/XHTML/CSS/SVG/VML.  You could also 
argue that this is the approach taken by Atom with its <atom:icon> 
element.  Since I'm rendering maps in browser, I want to stick with 
browser conventions.

> Also, WRT to KML, remember that KML may/will change based on harmonization
> activities within the OGC process. So, any thoughts regarding that
> activity would be much appreciated. I state this because I would not want
> to see an approach taken with GeoRSS and KML that breaks if KML styling
> changes.

The more I think about it, I think its probably best not to use KML 
since KML considers icons to be styling.  And once you take that step, 
you open a whole can of worms about using KML to style other geometries.

So I'm leaning towards 2 conclusions:

* icons are not styling in the context of GeoRSS and Atom feeds (no idea 
about RSS - assumedly the same?)

* styling GeoRss geoemtries should come from some external source such 
as CSS, SLD or whatever....but its out of scope for GeoRss.

How's that sound?

Charlie


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