I'd like to conduct a straw poll of members on this list. Tim Bray wrote:
4. Specific advice on multiple formats
Don't do it. Pick one data format and stick with it.
and that does make me question our (/my!) current proposal of multiple formats with automatic conversion. I'd like to conduct a poll of everyone on this list considering the 3 format options: - XML - JSON - TXT Please can people reply to this post casting a single vote for their most preferred of these three formats. I'll tabulate the responses. If there's a clear winner, we should probably go with it alone. If there's a split, then multiple format support as we're currently proposing may be the answer. I'm going to start the counts with the clearly stated opinions which I've seen to date (listed below). If I'm misrepresenting anyone, then please also reply and I'll change your vote in my count. XML: 3 - Kristoffer Sheather http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000430.html - Sam Johnston http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000381.html - William Vambenepe http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000396.html JSON: 7 - Alexis Richardson http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000405.html - Andy Edmonds? http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000420.html - Ben Black http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000395.html - Randy Bias? (JSON listed first at http://wiki.gogrid.com/wiki/index.php/API:Anatomy_of_a_GoGrid_API_Call) - Richard Davies http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000409.html (split EH vote) - Tino Vazquez? http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000411.html - Tim Bray http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000418.html TXT: 1 - Chris Webb http://www.ogf.org/pipermail/occi-wg/2009-May/000409.html (split EH vote)