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July 18, 2003
Change in Ownership of RSS Specification
Dave Winer orchestrated a move in which the company he founded, Userland, has turned over ownership of the RSS specification to Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
What a tremendously smart move on Winer's part.
Update (5:50pm, same day): I've read one or two sites (sorry, didn't save the links, I'll try to find them later) that have suggested that this is some kind of death knell or hiccup (because the hiccups are basicall small death knells) for Echo/Necho/Atom/Pie/InsertNameHere People who think Echo/Atom/Etc. is a replacement for RSS just haven't gotten up to speed on the issue. It's syndication + archiving + publishing API all rolled into one; there's some overlap with RSS, but the move of RSS from Userland to Harvard really doesn't have any impact on the value of Echo/Atom/Whatchamacallit.
They really need to settle the name issue quickly, though. Sheesh. Note to self: if you ever launch a high profile technology project, name it first. Else everyone has a hassle trying to talk about it.
Posted July 18, 2003 03:50 PM