On 10/08/2005 04:38 AM, Shiva Shivakumar wrote: > Hi, thanks for the responses so far about a potential mod_sitemap OR using > the current sitemap_gen tool. Since there are some questions about why this > is relevant applicable to httpd or apache-running web masters, some thoughts > on where we are coming from (apologies for the longer email): >
[..cut..] Thanks for the explanation. Your mail contains interesting and valid points, but I still see no reason to include this in the distribution of httpd. 1. I guess for more complex sites (and this where I see the most benefit of sitemaps) the solution must be customized to the application anyway. I think in some cases this map would need to be generated dynamically by the application itself. 2. At least currently sitemap seems to be a beta feature of Google and maybe subject to change regarding the details. Furthermore I understand the code will remain under Googles control, which means that the repositories have to be synced. So I think it would be more beneficial for the httpd users to mention sitemaps in the documentation and point them to the Google site for more details / code. BTW: Have you though of donating a helper libarary for sitemaps to the Jakarta commons project once all details are fixed? Regards Rüdiger
