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August 4, 2003
RSS Grows Up
You know a technology has hit mainstream when big companies want to control it. Such is the state of affairs of RSS, the family of formats used by bloggers and news websites (including GearBits) to syndicate their content. RSS stands for either "Rich Site Summary" or "Really Simple Syndication," depending on who you ask.
This story on CNET News.com describes the current and escalating battle over control of RSS and/or the technology that may replace it. It's certainly telling how popular the RSS concept has become when organizations like IBM, the W3C, and the IETF are all concerned about it.
We'll definitely keep an eye on this, and we'll hope the various entities keep their heads on their shoulders and don't screw up what's turned out to be a really nice and easy-to-implement concept...at least for us hacks.