[georss] Geolocation by reference

[Sean Gillies]

Raj,

The use case in your third paragraph is exactly what I want to support.

Sean

Raj Singh wrote:
> I agree, I too get nervous making location too much like content.  
> First let me say the src attribute on <where> sounds reasonable in  
> that it's pretty non-invasive, but I'm not sure what problem you're  
> solving.
> 
> If the goal is to simplify the process of adding <where> to the  
> <entry> you could do that with a nice OpenLayers application to "drill- 
> down-to-my-location-while-looking-at other-known-locations".
> 
> The location by reference makes sense if you expect the actual  
> location to change in the future (e.g. a more accurate location is  
> determined through later research), and people know that in this case  
> their <entry>'s location should change too.
> 
> ---
> Raj
> 
> 
> On Nov 9, 2007, at 6:59 PM, Sean Gillies wrote:
> 
>> There is precedent in Atom for remote sourcing, but only to my  
>> knowledge
>> for atom:content. The src attribute feels pretty good to me, though  
>> I do
>> think that it has the potential to make location (which is metadata) a
>> bit too much of content (data). Does anybody have other ideas for
>> non-literal locations?
> 
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