twitterがオープンマイクロブロギングをサポート

twitterがオープンマイクロブロギングOpenMicrobloggingをサポートするかもしれない。実現すれば，identi.caユーザーがidenti.caを通じてtwitterのユーザーをフォローすることができ，同様にtwitterユーザーもidenti.caやその他のOpenMicrobloggingをサポートするサービス上においてユーザーをフォローすることが出来るようになる。ただ実質的にはOpenMicrobloggingが採用されたといっても一般のユーザーの習慣を変えるような変革にはならず，xmlの例をひいていたずらにスタンダードを増やすことに懐疑的な意見もある。ただtwitterにとっては大胆なオープン化の試みと言え，マイクロブログ圏内でよい例を示す機会になりそうだ。

Twitter may implement support for the OpenMicroblogging standard, a function that will allow users on any supported service to subscribe to users on other sites running the standard. [...] For practical use, Twitter supporting OpenMicroblogging will allow users of services such as Identi.ca to follow Twitter users using Identi.ca, or likewise Twitter users following people on Identi.ca, or any other service that supports OpenMicroblogging. In direct application, if implemented very few people will likely take advantage of the offer, and it's not about to radically change most people's microblogging habits. [...] What this move would mean for Twitter is that Twitter has decided to lead by example by playing nicely with its neighbors. This would be a good community member play, a contribution to the great good with the belief that doing so would hold Twitter in higher regard across the broader tech community.

http://www.inquisitr.com/7044/twitter-could-soon-play-nicely-with-its-neighbors/

The question now: is there any concept that we used to use for blogging and that can't be used for microblogging? Do we really need a Yet Another Standard? I'm asking this while thinking about the very nice article by Tim Bray: "Don't Invent XML Languages". Because it's really easy to define a new XML dialect everytime we feel the need, but is the need that real ―always?

http://blog.feedego.com/2008/11/why-i-dont-believe-in-openmicroblogging.html