* Daniel Aleksandersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-04 16:10]: > Why does so many in this list fail to eralise that I am talking > about the <feed> element’s <id> element?
Ugh, sorry. Well, the point about atom:id being globally unique continues to apply in either case. However, I’m not sure what the feed ID really identifies, nor can I recall any compelling argument about its meaning, so I have no idea when feeds should share an ID. (The fact that everyone thought you were talking about entry IDs is a strong indicator that no one has much use for feed IDs.) In the context of Atompub it is somewhat clear: when two feeds are views onto the same collection, they should probably have the same ID. However, even then it is not necessarily clear when a feed other than the collection feed is a view onto that collection rather than a distinct entity that happens to draw entries from the collection. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
