What is a weblog?
Posted on August 01, 2002 @ 11:20 in Research
Dave got permission to reprint Meg Hourihan's O'Reilly column What we're doing when we blog. Taking that article as a starting point, he wants to refine the definition of what a weblog is, giving different people a voice, because as he says, "there is more to say". Let's see what will happen there... I'm a bit apprehensive about the project though, because I rather like Meg's minimal definition of weblog.
She says that the commonality lies in the format: timestamped posts, containing links and a permalink to the archives. This definition says nothing about purpose or content and leaves the field open for all kind of unexpected 'publications' to appear under the moniker of weblog. On the other hand, you could argue that its greatest weakness is exactly that it says nothing about purpose, content or "rhetorical form"; or maybe that it relies too much on the technology that is used. That said, I agree with Dave that there might be more to say... I just hope "weblog" doesn't get defined into a corner that we can't define it out of anymore.
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