Re: Google Sitemaps: Yet another "RSS" or site-metadata format and Atom "competitor"

[Robert Sayre <sayrer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/4/05, Bob Wyman <bob@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Graham wrote:
> > I don't see how a highly specialized format for a particular task is
> > a competitor to or even compatible with what Atom does.
>         The "highly specialized task" which is performed using the Sitemap
> format is providing lists of changed web pages on sites. This is precisely
> the function that is performed in many applications of Atom. 

Yes, but the required fields are different. Other than than that, it's
pretty much the same dictionary or a-list situation we're used to.
Like rel=nofollow, this seems geared towards speeding up the crawl,
with a bunch of rhetoric surrounding it. Maybe I'm just cynical.

Robert Sayre