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04:00PM CST August 23, 2003

We spent the last few hours gaining an understanding of Pingback and adding a working client to our weblogging software. We're late to the Pingback party, but here's a few notes anyway:

  1. Creating the client was surprisingly easy because Pingback relies on existing technologies, namely XML-RPC, for which high-level toolkits are available. From what we can tell, most weblogging software now includes an XML-RPC interface.
  2. Spec co-author Ian Hickson's free Pingback client is easily modified to fit existing weblogging software. It was a great help getting started.
  3. If you're not sure about Pingback, we think Ian Hickson's Whitepaper: Pingback vs. Trackback argues for it well.

  4. John Robb doesn't want Trackback or Pingback. We agree with Les Orchard:

    I want as much automated and intervention-free invitation to participation in my blog as I can provide. I want manufactured serendipty to operate here while I'm away or asleep.

Pingback enabling this site is next.