Open Knowledge Initiative Delivers XOSID Specification

08-June-2005

[ Open-Source , Open-Standards ]
See this post in the SIGOSSEE open source news blog for a pointer to news about an abstract spec for the open service definitions from OKI/IMS, and also a little rave from Mike about the IMS site not having permalinks for its news items.

... and Mike delivers a rant about the IMS site not 'getting' the small, loose standards that make the web work.

As an aside... I tried to find a permalink for this article on the IMS site, but was utterly shocked to discover there is none - just the 'past news' URL en bloc. Now, in my opinion trackback, RSS and other permalink-based mini-standards have done much more for education than any number of big, specifically education standards (which are what the IMS site is about). And the REST-ful web has done more than anything to make the web a useful experience for learners (REST is an architectural theory about the web which boils down to a few simple principles such as always making sure that URLs make sense and that all content can be reached from a sensible URL). I am tempted to surmise that the IMS site's prominent ignorance of these small, loose but very powerful standards is quite telling :o)

Open Knowledge Initiative Delivers XOSID Specifications

NB - this item also point to the relevant news about an abstract spec - as opposed to JAVA API - forthe Open Service Definitions.


Mike Malloch; 08-June-2005 05:07:42 forum (0)

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