On 17 Aug 2006, at 15:08, Eric J. Bowman wrote:
Why does it have to be complex? Let's not call it a "search
endpoint", come
to think of it, let's call it a "query endpoint".
I think you have not been on a group such as this long enough to
understand that even the simplest thing can end up being a lot more
complicated than you may have initially thought it was. You may think
writing a feed format would be simple. But it took close to 3 years
and that was starting from a well known base of all the RSS versions
that came before.
This is in part due to your having to come to a consensus. This means
convincing any one and everyone pretty much of what you want to do.
The more complex what you want to do is, the more difficult it will
be to convince people. So in the end it is easier to stick to what is
essential, ie: what everyone can agree with.
Henry
