Hi all,
there’s an interesting subtle corner case with these that I just
ran into. To wit:
<feed xmlns="&atomNs;">
<title>Hmm?</title>
<id>urn:foo:</id>
<updated>2007-10-25T12:27:44+02:00</updated>
<entry>
<title>Hmm?</title>
<id>urn:foo:bar</id>
<updated>2007-10-25T12:27:44+02:00</updated>
<summary>Now what?</summary>
<source>
<author><name>Tricky Mickey</name></author>
</source>
</entry>
</feed>
By the spirit of the spec this is complete, and the author for
the Entry is clearly given:
If an atom:entry element does not contain atom:author
elements, then the atom:author elements of the contained
atom:source element are considered to apply. In an Atom Feed
Document, the atom:author elements of the containing
atom:feed element are considered to apply to the entry if
there are no atom:author elements in the locations described
above.
However, by a literal reading of the normative atom:feed rules,
that example feed is invalid:
atom:feed elements MUST contain one or more atom:author
elements, unless all of the atom:feed element's child
atom:entry elements contain at least one atom:author element.
One for the errata, I suppose.
Regards,
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