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Why does Atom use a special id element for identification instead of
relying on the xml:id attribute? Currently, I apply an identical value to
both.
<feed … xml:id="urn:uuid:1">
<id>urn:uuid:1</id>
<entry xml:id="urn:uuid:2">
<id>urn:uuid:2</id>
</entry>
</feed>
The xml:id attribute makes parsing easier in a lot of environments—
especially in PHP 5 DOM XML—, but since the Atom format requires an id
element; I have to include that as well. What decision lead to the
inclusion of the required atom:id element instead of the xml:id? Is there
a point I am missing somewhere?
xml:id is perfectly capable of performing the task of atom:id. I cannot
see why there would be any need for any special id element in any XML
format when we have got xml:id.
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