SSE - web feeds go hyper

Bi-directional SSE feeds take notifcation (RSS) to the next level adding annotation & synchronization functionality.

This weeks announcement by Microsoft of an enhanced XML standard improves the functionality and versatility of RSS. I found this to be too technical for easy comprehension, but this web2.0 community blog has a great description and visual aids.

SSE permits users A and B to share data in duplex or bidirectional mode.
SSE allows subscribers access to data based on a date/time stamp.
SSE incorporates the ability to subscribe to feed data items - adds synchronization.

• Receive the feed, modify (annotate, add, rip, mix) and return
• Create document revisions in realtime at the sametime with your collaborators
• Share calendars, notes, playlists and organizers
• Write to subscriptions where RSS is read only
• Allows dispersed devices/systems to use this format not only to syndicate, but to replicate

This is an open standard permitting remix, tweaking, and building upon this specification for commercial reasons - a whole new business?

Thoughts??

Comments

[tyelmene]

As with all standards development work, the innovations to come will push these "baselines," but this is a significant development.

And because the web is such a dynamic system, any development can have large ramifications (adding the little enclosure tags development has launched podcasting/vidcasting).