InterOp (WebSeitz/wikilog)

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InterOp

Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

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last edited by BillSeitz on Jun 9, 2008 5:42 am

interoperation, interoperate

facilitated by Open Formats/Open Standards

May'03 context - what should the Social Software Alliance do, and why?

Core question: what risks to InterOp exist if they do nothing?

Micro Soft/AOL will enter the marketplace with both WebLog authoring tools and an Rss Aggregator, and do weird things that other tools on both ends don't support ([Embrace And Extend]).
standards get promoted which are patent-bound.
good new specifications don't get picked up in the marketplace (quickly enough)

How might a BigCo game whatever system is in place?

Astro Turf: skew perceived weight of opinions through volume of messages by employees and PR flacks who fail to disclose their association
Follow a standard but in a meaningless way - MsWord XML.

What are some approaches that would be fast and low-overhead but maybe offer some benefit?

collect opinions on standards and compliance with them.
- run a Topic Exchange server - a page for each standard, then sub-page for each vendor based on their support of the standard?

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