Grokking the OPML Editor 
Ok, I'm now beginning to grok the whole OPML Editor stuff. I'm a software dev and know a bit about OPML, having used it primarily as an import/export format for RSS aggregators. Thanks to its creator, Dave, I also have understood it as an XML format for creating lists and outlines.
I guess the thing that I have been a little confused about is it's relation to blogging. Now I see that it's not really so related to blogging per se (wincing as people begin flaming me), although the instant outliner in the tool definitely makes managing and editing a blog very nice. The really important piece I now see is the ability to created shared outlines, allowing for multiple people to edit/update the information. An equally important thing, I think is the ability to include links to other outlines within an outline. These outlines can be out there in the cloud, on the net, making it a relatively seemless experience to the users. It's like working on something within your work environment's corporate network with shared documents, except now it's not bound by the walls of the corporate network.
I really need to get a few other people I know testing it with me so I can see how it all really works.
Some Security-related Questions
| Who can edit a shared outline? Is it everyone that is included in my Instant Outliner Buddy list? |
| Of course, since this is an early list, I expect that may be the case now, but how about later? |
| Will we be able to set it up so that certain outlines can only be edited by certain people? I could be misunderstanding a lot here, BTW. |
