James M Snell wrote:
Well, for an RSS feed, it's URL pretty much plays the role of the
identifier*. An atom:id certainly could be used, but I wouldn't imagine
that any sane implementation would make it anything different than the
URL of the RSS feed itself.
* quite honestly, I've never really understood why atom:feed requires an
atom:id :-)
For an RSS feed, Venus assumes that the <link> element plays the role of
an identifier. Assumes being the operative word.
In RSS (all flavors), channel link is required. In Atom, feed id is
required.
In any case, one can have multiple feeds (possibly in different formats)
all at different URIs all identifying the same thing.
- Sam Ruby
