[georss] GML georss namespace

[Gregor J. Rothfuss]

Knoth, Brian D. wrote:
> Great, so it seems we agree on the georss application schema - namely,
> that it should probably be updated to reflect correct namespace, etc...
> 
> I did not mention anything about RSS validation and binding, but since
> you've brought it up, I'm curious as to why you think it is a bad idea
> and why it would cost someone down the road. I would think that as more
> machine processing of RSS occurs (such as Yahoo Pipes), that schema
> validation and bindings become more important. Atom has a schema and
> that does not seem to have impact on the extensibility of that
> syndication language.

the reality is that most feeds are not even well-formed xml. if your 
feed stack discards all those, you are left with precious few feeds to 
process. sloppyness in the original rss spec lead to sloppy 
implementations, and eventually a reformulation as atom.

its a long and convoluted story, check wikipedia if you are interested :)

but the takeaway lesson seems to be that a rigorous standard would 
probably not have seen the same levels of adoption, just like sloppy 
html won out over more formal approaches.

in return, we all have to make extra efforts to parse these abominations 
it seems.

-gregor