[ogg-dev] Why I reinvented the wheel with M3F

[Silvia Pfeiffer]

Daniel,

nobody has accused you of reinventing the wheel. You give up too
easily. If you want to develop a standard, it takes a lot of
discussion and input - and it takes diplomacy. Attacking people and
attacking the community will not be helpful.

You have asked for feedback - feedback has been given. Now it's time
to think and digest. I for one have been motivated by the topic of
discussion, but am slowly losing interest because you don't seem to be
willing to listen to the feedback you're receiving.

Regards,
Silvia.

On 9/10/07, Daniel Aleksandersen <aleksandersen+xiphlists at runbox.com> wrote:
> Hi ogg-dev list,
>
> I am not trying to 'get someone'. But I though this form would indeed prove
> successful in making my point. Here we go:
>
>
> I got accused of 'reinventing the wheel' for this little media description
> format of mine. Fare enough. But I wanted to show everyone why it is
> sometimes best to sometings that has been done before all over. See the
> attached document. It uses existing technology plus a new name space.
>
> I call my Frankenstein: XML+RDF+DC+M3F (or just M3F for short) or The
> Resource Description Format (RDF) built on the Extensible Markup Language
> (RDF) using the well recognised Dublin Core metadata set (DC) with the new
> Multimedia Metadata Format (M3F).
>
> As everyone can see from the attachment: Building an all new XML name space
> without using existing ones are probably the best way to go. Even though a
> limited number of elements will be borrowed from existing formats: It will
> keep things simple when using only one well defined name space.
>
>
> A good thing that came out of my childish experiment was a better name for
> the metadata format: Multimedia Metadata Format (or M3F).
>
> Oh! And if I ever write an autobiography: This email's subject will be it's
> title! At least the 'Why I reinvented the wheel' part.
> --
> Daniel Aleksandersen
>
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