[Imc-alternatives] open standards

[ekes]

BTW is this now off-topic (should it move to imc-tech? or somewhere)

Danyl Strype wrote:
> Aaron, I totally agree that open standards/ protocols for sharing data  
> across servers is the way to go. This is what I was getting at in our  
> discussion on 'distributed database' on irc. One of our Aotearoa techs  
> is keen on the idea of using microformats as standards for data-sharing:
> http://microformats.org/about/
> 
> I wonder what your views as a developer are on these standards:
> RSS (widely used in Indymedia for syndicating newswire/ feature articles)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format)

A microformat, maybe based around Atom rather than RSS could solve
several of the limitations RSS has for sharing indy data. Some
additional agreed form for an unique article ID, owning collective, it's
status (if something has been hidden for example) etc...

If someone is interested in working on this I certainly am!

> OpenID (originally developed for LiveJournal but now more widely used:
> http://openid.net/

Here I'm dubious about it's potential for Indymedia (specifically). It
shares too much information between servers we don't control. While not
maintaining logins on individual machines would be nice it would have to
be thought about /very/ carefully. Logins on individual Indymedia sites
have enough security implications already.

ekes

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