- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:21:36 -0500
- To: "Steven Pemberton" <Steven.Pemberton@cwi.nl>
- Cc: "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>, michael.hausenblas@deri.org, site-comments@w3.org, chairs@w3.org, w3c-ac-forum@w3.org
On 14 Oct 2009, at 2:21 PM, Steven Pemberton wrote: > Well, to be fair to Raman: > >> If we publish the RDF directly (which we do), does that not >> accomplish the same goal? >> >> Here's the RDF: >> http://www.w3.org/2002/01/tr-automation/tr.rdf >> http://www.w3.org/2000/04/mem-news/public-groups.rdf >> >> There's more for the talks, and so on. > > If that's the case, then why do we use hcalendar on the home page? > And why publish the news as HTML *and* RSS? The point that Michael > and Raman are making is that having the data as RDFa makes the > homepage itself machine readable, which is usable by browsers (with > or without plugins) to improve the user experience (for example), > and I would hope in the long run to render RSS unnecessary. We have endeavored to provide useful information in a number of formats, including HTML, atom, rss, ical. As I mentioned, RDF is also available. The home page could be further scrapable if we add more data, of course. But for machine readable, the RDF is available. I hear people saying "Do more!!!!!" We'll try to do more as we progress, I assure you. Kingsley made a point that it's not discoverable; I'll be sure to remedy it. _ Ian -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 718 260 9447
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