On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 23:42:04 +0000, Bill de h�ra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Imagine
> for a moment a format that had "atom:trivial-change" and
> "atom:significant-change" elements. 

I'd consider that something of a side effect of a more easily framed division:

atom:updated - (human) publisher flagged change
atom:modified - publishing software flagged change (bitflips) 

> Why trouble people with this?

I think the primary reason would be so that their applications could
tell which was 'physically' the most recent version (to incorporate
spelling corrections in their archives) and which was 'editorially'
the most recent (to bring it to the end user's attention).

Specific use cases -

Choosing latest version of an individual entry from multiple sources:
http://www.imc.org/atom-syntax/mail-archive/msg10894.html

Single feed for project documentation:
http://www.imc.org/atom-syntax/mail-archive/msg10931.html

Cheers,
Danny.


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