It is raining. I am writing this from inside my car, to be posted on the web later. Here is something I am thinking about now.
Blog comments: Do we need a standard for some sort of blog entry object, where comments, and comment submission form can travel and be included in the recontextualization that happens with blog entries via RSS. For example, if I am running some sort of social hub for a class, and students' blog posts are flowing in to this space, wouldn't it be nice if the comments left on an entry at the aggregated space are in sync with the comments on the source blog. What if a blog provided a comment engine that acted in the more flexible manner of comment engines like disqus or facebook connect . The comments functionality could be embedded with the same post in any context. What if the the entry body that is included in the syndication feed also included the comments and the form? is that all we need to do?
I think it would be that easy, just syndicate both together, and I know there is a hook in wp for comments and posts, it is all the other platforms I'm not sure about, and therein is a bit of a question mark, how do you say use what ever you want, when each application may handle comments so very differently?
Jim: I am thinking that the comment form itself be syndicated. Kind of a rough idea.....
I'm thinking hard about this one myself. I posted about the notional of horizontal contributions last night and am really excited about the possibilities. There are big questions, but I like this idea of pulling these things apart so they can ultimately come together in a more intelligent way.