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<title>WITW: NSDL Update</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2005/05/04/nsdlupdate</biblioid>
<volumenum>8</volumenum>
<issuenum>69</issuenum>
<pubdate>2005-05-04T17:32:41-04:00</pubdate>
<date>$Date: 2005-09-11 10:27:02 -0400 (Sun, 11 Sep 2005) $</date>
<author>
      <personname>
<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
</personname>
    </author>
<copyright>
      <year>2005</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
    </copyright>
<abstract>
<para>There's been good feedback, and I do have plans, but I've been a
little distracted.</para>
</abstract>
<dc:subject rdf:resource="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/taxonomy#WebServices"/>
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<epigraph>
<para xml:id="p2">Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from
happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.</para>
</epigraph>

<para xml:id="p1">Since
<personname>
      <firstname>Tim</firstname>
      <surname role="suppress">Bray</surname>
</personname>
<link xlink:href="http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/05/03/Replacing-WSDL">lent</link>
his nearly infinite blog-karma to
<link xlink:href="http://norman.walsh.name/2005/03/12/nsdl">my NSDL
musings</link>,
there's been a renewed surge of interest. I haven't really had
a chance to work on it recently, but I figured I should say
something.</para>

<para xml:id="p3">The story is, right after I published that essay, I got a lot of
good and interesting feedback. Then I had to move the server out of my
closet <emphasis>right away</emphasis> and then I got distracted by
<link xlink:href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</link> and other
things.</para>

<para xml:id="p4">I do plan to roll out a new release of
<link xlink:href="http://norman.walsh.name/2005/02/15/ws-wtf">Where
In The World</link> and I'll try to update NSDL at the same time.
I've got a couple of long flights coming up, and some vacation time, so
this might surface by June.</para>

<para xml:id="p5">“We apologize for the inconvenience.”</para>

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