BlogMD Initiative
Tue 27 Aug 2002 14:52:24
The blogs4God folk have been talking about this BlogMD Initiative for a couple of days now, and I thought it worth a Blogroots post. The "metadata standards" concept still eludes me, however; it sits just across the border of my experience between art and tech. I imagine it has something to do with integrating the data we transmit about our blogs and our blog posts, and how meta-content portals gather and interpret that data. Well, since this is a metadata initiative and not a "content watchers" proposal like the old JesusJournal fiasco, then it sounds pretty darn good, especially if it leads to more effective trackbacking apps and better meta-content portals. Check it out.
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There be just way too much jargon going around in the whole explanation thing for me - I didn't understand a wit of it. Perhaps an educated layperson can explain the concept in the vernacular.
I think it would be a shame if the discussion stayed on a tech level. I am starting to see good posts explaining the concept in basic user terms. Redwood Dragon and some others.
I don't fully grasp it either yet.
What it will do is provide a standard so tracking like WLW or Eco Systems can measure any blog on any interface. I get that so far but more is involved. Blog on!
Tracking of what? like blog updates? volume of words? visitors?
Oh my! In NO WAY is blogsMD an attempt even remotely similar to various "manifestos" proposed about the web. All we're doing is providing a way to narrow down and find blogs within someone's cope of interest. If it helps, think of an API that produces end-products like DMOZ ... or server products such as WebLogs ... in fact, think of it as a gruesome car crash between the two that you can't look away from !-)
API? DMOZ? end-products and server products? what are these things?
See what I mean? The guys building this expect bloggers to understand what API, DMOZ Python etc is. Sigh.
I think it is about a tech blog finding another tech blog. Blog on!