[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>From the example, I am not sure what the feed author wants. So far there are
>>only two directionalities allowed, left-to-right and right-to-left. In the
>>example, the directionality of atom:entry is "rtl", there is no reason for
>>the author to reset the directionality with an empty string. He should either
>>change the directionality to "ltr" in atom:content or keep "rtl" by not using
>>any "dir" attribute in atom:content.
>
Fair enough. Removing dir="" requires that the feed publisher always
explicitly set the direction. It simplifies processing and helps to
eliminate guessing. Those are compelling enough reasons. In the next
iteration I'll remove the blank value.
> [snip]
> The "dir" attribute SHALL be used when directionality is necessary to be
> changed. However, for compatibility with existing Atom documents that rely on
> direction guessing, user agents MAY perform direction guessing in Atom
> documents that do not contain a "dir" attribute but they MUST NOT do so when
> Atom documents contain a "dir" attribute.
>
+1. This is good.
> Franklin
Thanks!
- James
