I’ve been playing with the vCard format for a project at work and I gotta say, there’s a technology that’s begging to be re-implemented in XML. I mean, here’s the behind-the-scenes formatting of a vCard file: BEGIN:VCARD FN:Mr. John Q. Public, Esq. N:Public;John;Quinlan;Mr.;Esq. BDAY:1995-04-15 ADR;DOM;HOME:P.O. Box 101;Suite 101;123 Main Street;Any Town;CA;91921-1234; TEL;PREF;WORK;MSG;FAX:+1-800-555-1234 END:VCARD …with a… Continue reading vCard
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About RSS
Warning: technical entry. Feel free to skip if you’re so inclined. Today I’m talking about RSS. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and it’s essentially a format for delivering data and content in an XML (read: structured) format. What kind of content? Well, any kind, really. Right now, the types of content you’ll most likely… Continue reading About RSS
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I love the irony in this Slashdot posting: “XML Co-Creator says XML Is Too Hard For Programmers“. Reads to me like a title The Onion would publish. Anyway. The Slashdot post led me to Tim Bray’s weblog, which is pretty cool to me. (But then, I’m a geek and this probably won’t be as cool… Continue reading No clever title