[foaf-dev] [foaf-protocols] fp:ping

[Kingsley Idehen]

Toby Inkster wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:09:46 +0100
> Story Henry <henry.story at bblfish.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> It seems unnecessarily complex. 
>>
>> It uses RPC, when a simple HTML FORM can do. Why? RPC was cool 8
>> years ago because it used XML!  Wow! The continuation of this lead to
>> the SOAP bubble, which seems to have vanished in the past year
>> somehow.
>>     
>
> You get the benefit of compatibility with the large installed base that
> Pingback has, and you get to reuse existing Pingback libraries and
> testing tools.
>
>   
Toby,

I think SPAM killed pingback uptake a long time ago. I really don't 
believe its widely used these day. In a sense, a FOAF+SSL enhanced 
pingback mechanism is what we could use to achieve the following:

1. Yet another FOAF+SSL utility showcase
2. Resurrect a potential viral system that is current quite dormant.

This plus WebFinger will accelerate our journey towards FOAF+SSL usage 
critical mass based on fixing broken Web 2.0 items :-)

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Regards,

Kingsley Idehen	      
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