[georss] [Mass-Market-GEO] OpenSearch Geo - Feedback

[Jason Cupp]

Mass-market WWW began as static HTML pages... now it's AJAX, HTTP
services, etc... it evolves. Our realization and use of the Web changes
overtime in re-re-re-interpretation of REST principals and whatever
comes next. 

CSW was just right for it's time. Is it wrong for the Web NOW? Maybe,
that's why we have working groups. Is OpenSearch right for the Web 20
years from now? Maybe... maybe not. Can discovering GIS resources work
using CSW. Yes. Should we try to gain greater appeal by adopting more
suitable (accepted today) technology? Most think so. Would OpenSearch do
the trick? That's what we're trying to figure out...

-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Savage [mailto:cfis at savagexi.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 6:08 PM
To: Jason Cupp
Cc: georss at lists.eogeo.org
Subject: Re: [georss] [Mass-Market-GEO] OpenSearch Geo - Feedback

Hi Jason,

> Everyone is struggling to get a web search API just right for their
> users;  CSW suffers the same way that all OGC services do in the
growing
> REST spotlight. For -which- web at -which- time, a moving target,
until
> people start getting real work done on top of it.

Let me cordially disagree with your comment about the web.  I only see 
one web - what other web are you seeing?

Also, I'm not sure what you mean by -which- time?  And I'm sure I don't 
understand your comment about "start getting real work done on top of 
it."  On top of the web?  Really?

Charlie