Re: Atom extensibility

[Bill de hÓra <bill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

David Powell wrote:
> I'd say that the most useful basic features of RDF are:
>
> 1) Property names are namespaced for extensibility.
>
> 2) Important entities can be assigned global identifiers so that they
>    can be referred to externally.
>
> [...]
>
> We have 1), and 2) near enough already in Atom.

David,

I've stated my position elsewhere, but I wanted to qualify what you said 
there. Atom in my mind does not provide extensibility, it provides 
modularity. Sure, that's nitpicky, but I think it's a useful distinction 
to hold.

Whether modularity is sufficient for Atom's evolution as a format is a 
separate matter.

cheers
Bill