I am inclined to be generous. Anything professionally relevant to programmers working in the library sector, or even technologists in the library sector in general (but focusing on the techier end of the broad 'library technologist').
I think there are some feeds on the planet that do not generally meet even this generous scope (which is of course still subjective).
If your blog mostly meets that generous scope but occasionally includes things that do not, I have no problem with it. If your blog mostly does not but occasionally includes content that meets that generous scope--if you can set up a feed just for a tag(s) or category(ies) that do, I would be more than happy to add that feed to the planet instead of a general one.
Alternatively, the aggregator could actually be 'edited' in some way, either by one or more editors or by an open community vote like we sometimes do. But I get the impression that some people would be violently opposed to the former, and not very excited about the latter either (and I have no desire to set up a tech infrastructure for the latter either).
Jonathan
>>> Alexander Johannesen <[log in to unmask]> 05/22/08 12:49 PM >>>
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 5:06 PM, K.G. Schneider <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I feel self-conscious about seeing posts reflected in the "planet" that
> are not related to library technology, only because I'm not willing to
> break up my blog into sub-blogs and don't know if oysters and pace
> layering really go together for the "planet."
Ouch, I suspect a conversation next about what fits the code4lib
planet moniker. Does my technology rants that don't bash MARC fit?
Does Topic Maps fit, even if libraries don't use them but they are a
perfect fit? Posts about philosophical aspects of the code we make? Or
the epistemological musings of workflows? Lest not forget that the
human aspect of the library profession is what makes librarians so
great ...
It's a tough one.
Alex
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