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Blogs?

Posted by scott at 2005-04-27 06:26 AM

Is a blogging service actually any different to a forum service? In the sense that it is anything that offers an interface for submitting posts... in ...

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Posted by Beth at 2006-11-07 01:59 PM

In a forum, the latest reply generally bumps a topic to the top of the list, irrespective of when the original post was made. However, in a blog, rep ...

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Forum is not a service its a collection type

Posted by scott at 2006-02-06 07:05 PM

Forum is a type of collection, as is a weblog, a mailing list, or a newsgroup. The services provided by such a collection are to provide posting and s ...

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Posted by simonfj at 2006-06-03 09:15 PM

I agree, "this should be a Post service".

But people (aliens like me) have to be able to find them. The elf has buried these types of services aro ...

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Related ISO Standard

Posted by normf at 2005-11-18 08:11 PM

Hi Scott et.al.

Just to let you know that a draft standard is under development in ISO that attempts to address some of the functionality identi ...

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Posted by scott at 2005-11-23 12:24 PM

Thanks, Norm.

I'm a bit concerned about this, especially as the proposal has nothing specific about education in it, and conflicts with existing IE ...

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Atom

Posted by scott at 2004-06-30 10:42 AM

This is part of the draft spec for Atom, aimed primarily at supporting newsfeeds and blog posts, but also looks very suitable as a spec for managing t ...

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