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Subject:   XML-RPC battles
Date:   2003-05-23 14:11:19
From:   anonymous2
It seems to me that people want something that is as easy to implement and use as XML-RPC, but they want it extensible and UTF-aware. The original author of XML-RPC spec has declared his unwillingness to revise the spec.


Does this situation strike anyone else as being remarkably parallel to the circumstances surrounding RSS?


In the end, people are going to make extensions to XML-RPC whether Winer likes it or not. The only question at that point is what to call the result -- XML-RPC 2.0, XML-RPCng, or something entirely different.


Standards that become superceded by advances in technology are no longer standard. They become evolutionary dead-ends. Standards that evolve with the changing needs of users last longer.


In other words, feel free to get over yourselves, and just do the right thing.
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  • XML-RPC battles
    2003-05-26 15:35:34  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

    Dear Anonymous, go forth and innovate. Just don't call it XML-RPC and everyone should be happy.

    To Timothy, dive in a little deeper into the MetaWeblog API. It is based on RSS 2.0. It's exactly what you want. Or put it another way, what more do you want?

    Dave Winer
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