Where's the bio? An unaddressed Weblog use case
Dear ATOM spec designers,
As a human aggregator of the blog-o-scape, I find a big hole in the current specifications/conventions for Weblogs:
Use Case:
- Feedster search for XOP.
- Find http://www.mnot.net/blog/ article
- Wonder who produces http://www.mnot.net/blog/
- Look for link explaining source of sight
- Find mnot.net at bottom of site
- Find "find out about me" link on homepage
However for most sites we have:
Use Case:
- Search for some topic.
- Find blog entry
- Go to root blog page
- Look for author/publisher information
- Don't find anything, not even a name
- Look at RSS feed to find author name
- Search for author name and hope to find a link that explains who the author is
Requirement:
The biography for publishers/entry authors should be codified in ATOM specs and supported by Blog site conventions.
Has there been any thoughts along these lines?