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. -- http://dannyayers.com
