On Thursday, January 13, 2005, at 03:34 PM, Graham wrote:
The main problem ince a possibly large percentage won't implement it, using mustUnderstand in a feed doesn't prevent whatever dire consequences there might be of ignoring the elements that must be understood, which makes the proposed system unable to serve its purpose.Okay, mU offers no guaranteed protection against bad side effects, and the spec text should make this very clear. It would still be useful for USERS who want to ensure that their feed reader is processing feeds correctly, as in the examples Tim gave (sorry, no reference--it's not listed in the archive yet).
