Re: XSA, OSD, LSM, RPM RDF, IAFA ...

John Cowan (cowan@locke.ccil.org)
Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:15:11 -0400


Lars Marius Garshol wrote:

> LSM seems very similar to XSA, although with slightly more information
> and a different syntax. From some comments on the LSM home pages it
> appears that the time may be ripe for an XML LSM syntax.

I proposed this to the Trove folks, who are trying to redesign
large software archives (http://www.ccil.org/~esr/trove), but they
vetoed it for now in favor of an RFC-822 style syntax.

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