Why do new standards have to be so heavy?
Why can't it just be:<p><pre><code> <p ctag="wikipedia/The_Beatles">We're talking about The Beatles here</p>
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Why can't they use Wikipedia?
Everybody knows how to search Wikipedia, but dbpedia search (called "Navigator") isn't even linked from dbpedia.org (I had to use search engine to find out how to search dbpedia)<p>It even seems like anything that could be tagged should be well-formed XML document (well, XHTML).
Horrible idea, just horrible. I hate how everyone tries to force useful ideas into HTML/XML or HTTP. You know you <i>can</i> create new filetypes, structures and protocols for your ideas if they don't fit nicely into the current ones??
I discussed the need for a tagging standard over 2 years ago in a blog post - check out the comments on the article, they have a lot of insight to offer.<p><a href="http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/the-need-for-creating-tag-standards/" rel="nofollow">http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/the-need-for-creating-tag-stan...</a><p>There are a couple of comments by startups dedicated to managing/organizing tags across different sites with some of the various ideas they've used to tackle this issue.
I hope it takes off, but I really doubt it will. It's too complex, and the benefits are not so clear. I understand the long term benefits/goal, but it's hard to motivate content producers to adapt something new if they can't see quick returns.
An oldy but a goodie: <a href="http://sylloge.com/personal/2004/09/flickr-and-del.html" rel="nofollow">http://sylloge.com/personal/2004/09/flickr-and-del.html</a>
We the people strongly oppose such aberration and condemn those involved in heresy to be burned at the stake!<p>Unless they accept going back to the drawing table...