Yes, you heard right. It's SDF, which stands for "Streaming Document Format" (or perhaps "Stoking Dave's Flames"). Written by Daniel Henry and posted to his Howell Developments site, the spec is clearly a serious undertaking. Will it succeed? Or will Daniel's idealism will squashed like an overripe grape? Tune in tomorrow…

From his appeal:

I am a 21-year-old college student, the owner of my own software company and absolutely obsessed with the potential for XML news feeds causing an "informational awakening" on the Internet. However, unless we get our collective act together, I do not see a bright future for the budding technology ahead. In order to assuage the dilemma, I have developed a new XML document type that I hope can achieve a solution. It is called "Streaming Document Format (SDF)" and its name conveys exactly what it does to most any web surfer. Some will consider it an insult and an upset, but I see it as a gift. Please allow me to tell you why.