Which direction I’m going to take depends on which choices gets me there faster. So think of this as a test case for evaluating all the different options. Let’s see which one is simpler.

One big advantage of using the stuff we released as a foundation is that you would be able to exploit the Microcontent Engine that is driven by MCDs (Microcontent Descriptions) see Kimbro Staken’s blog for more info: http://www.xmldatabases.org/WK/blog/6782_Structured_Blogging_Initiative_brings_Microcontent_to_the_Masses.item

If all we accomplish with our Structured Blogging extensions is to convince other people to build other extensions that people find easier and more enjoyable to use, we will have accomplished what we’re trying to do — make it easy for folk to do Structured Blogging.

But, please… Don’t focus too much on the format issue. Focus your work on building a really easy to use interface. The geeky format stuff can always be addressed later. The most important thing at this point is to figure out how to make compelling content that users will want to have on their sites. First, make it easy to build “pretty posts.” The issues or encoding formats should be secondary.

bob wyman