[wp-hackers] JSON Syndication  Matt Patenaude MattPat at
mattpat.net Wed Feb 21 00:51:49 GMT 2007  I'm not trying to
knock XML as a language. XML is very powerful, and   I believe
that there are many places (particularly in rich documents)
where its uses are plentiful. However, I don't think syndication
is   one of them.  > Please consider the needs of full text
feeds with embedded markup.   > Once you do that JSON's no
longer so simple.  And what exactly are the needs of full text
feeds? I think that   matter is up to interpretation, but the
way I see it, the entire   purpose of online syndication is to
distribute a snippet of a larger   work in a format that piques
the reader's interest, and encourages   them to visit the
original source to read more. I do not see   syndication having
the need to convey all of the semantic markup of   the document
being syndicated. When I read an Atom feed, I honestly   don't
really care where the author put emphasis. If I want that much
info, I'll click the link and re