Yup. Gotta agree, mainly. - Chris Wetherell

My only comment is, I think this will all lead to reinvention of the wheel. JSON is becoming like XML circa '99, where things started off simple, but people keep adding to it. There'll be 2-3 different 'schema' specs for JSON by the time we're done, 2-3 RPC specs, and so on. It seems like every 10 years, we're going to go through such a cycle, just like with SGML->HTML->XML->XHTML->Tag Soup - Ray Cromwell

I think it goes hand in hand with Ola's 'languages should die' post recently. As systems mature, they lose their simplicity, as interconnections grow, complexity goes up, and the specs grow to accommodate and manage this, eventually people desire simplicity again and cast off the old. What will OpenID/OAuth look like if they survive 5 years? A lot more complex and bloated than they are now. - Ray Cromwell

Heh. Comment, Like, Hide, More... but where is the Related button or at least a Minority Report UI where I can excitedly wave my arms until I come across the old Atom topic I'm looking for? :) http://friendfeed.com/e... - Tracy

"In my opinion, the growth in popularity of object-centric JSON over document-centric XML as the way to expose APIs on the Web has been the real stake in the heart for the Atom Publishing Protocol." Less Koolaid ≡ More Happiness. XML ≅ JSON ∴ Atom !≅ JSON. SLAP! - Tracy