On Jan 26, 2005, at 11:23 PM, Henri Sivonen wrote:
But type='TEXT' is only a degenerate case of type='XHTML' (type='XHTML' with only text content). What value does type='TEXT' add to the format except the ability of feedvalidator.org to detect cases where there are element children although the author claims there are not, which suggests an authoring error? Does type='TEXT' intentionally exist only to add this feedvalidator.org value?
OK, you've advanced this argument several times now. If you want to change the Atom format to remove type="TEXT", write a Pace (it'll be short & easy) and see if you can build consensus.
I have to warn you that the process by which we got to consensus on the current setup was long, arduous, and involved a huge volume of email, and you may get -1's based on people just not wanting to revisit this space. -Tim
