On 10/23/05, Luke Arno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/23/05, Robert Sayre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 10/23/05, Luke Arno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >  What do you think of something like this:
> > >
> > > Is that too much indirection?  Would it be better just to
> > > use the term "edit link"?  It *would* require less change
> > > in language.
> >
> > I think your effort is fastidious and worth considering. I'm not sure
> > what I think about it yet.
> >
>
> You are being kind.  It is crap, as my first tries usually are.
>
> > I hate the term "Edit URI", because URIs are not objects. They are
> > object references, and I prefer to talk about the objects they
> > reference.
>
> I was concerned that it was too much indirection.  I will
> try again with "edit link".
>

OK.  I know you don't want to take a hard look at this yet
but here it is.

I think this is much better.

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<            <pub:edit href="./entry7.atom"/>
---
>            <link rel="edit" href="./entry7.atom"/>
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<    found in each entry's pub:edit element (see Section 4.3.1).  Derived
---
>    found in each entry's edit link (see Section 4.3.1).  Derived
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<    resources are located by examining an entry's atom:link elements.
---
>    resources are located by examining an entry's other atom:link
>    elements.
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<    URI found in an individual entry's pub:edit element.  Servers can
<    determine the processing necessary to interpret a request by
<    examining the request's HTTP method.  It is probably unwise to change
<    the value atom:id when issuing a PUT request.
<
< 4.3.1  The 'pub:edit' Element
<
<    The pub:edit element has one attribute, 'href'.  The value of this
<    attribute is an IRI reference interpreted relative to xml:base.
---
>    URI found in an individual entry's edit link.  Servers can determine
>    the processing necessary to interpret a request by examining the
>    request's HTTP method.  It is probably unwise to change the value
>    atom:id when issuing a PUT request.
>
> 4.3.1  The 'Edit Link'
>
>    The edit link is an atom:link element with a rel value of 'edit'.
>    The href attribute of the edit link references the editable (source)
>    representation of the entry.  All other representations are derived
>    from this editable source.
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<    Such entries MAY contain pub:edit elements used to edit the entry
---
>    Such entries MAY contain an edit link used to edit the entry
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<    located by inspecting an entry's atom:link elements.
---
>    located by inspecting an entry's other atom:link elements.

- Luke

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