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Split Gemini spec into two specs?

Katarina Eriksson gmym at coopdot.com

Mon Mar 1 12:02:13 GMT 2021

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Apparently, I sent this only to Oliver Simmons and not to the list.

On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 7:07 PM, Katarina Eriksson <gmym at coopdot.com> wrote:

Oliver Simmons <oliversimmo at gmail.com> wrote:

At current the Gemini spec is dual-purpose, it describes the protocol,

and the text/gemini format.

Whilst gemtext is the "native" format for Gemini (as HTML is to HTTP),

one isn't required for the other to work, they are two distinct

things.

I think that they should be split into two specs, one for the protocol

and one for gemtext.

What would people think of this?

- Oliver Simmons (GoodClover)

Here's a thread about it from May last year:

https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2020/001037.html

It resulted in some rearranging of the order it appeared in the specification.

Solderpunk's thoughts about it:

https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2020/001070.html

Personally, I don't have strong opinion one way or the other.

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Katarina