On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:47:09 +1100, Eric Scheid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Maybe "image" is the wrong name for the concept. We're not talking about some random image associated with some entity, we're talking about a branding badge or logo of some kind which is representative of the feed.
I know what we're talking about and still don't understand why embedding so-called «favorite icons» is so wildely different from embedding other types of graphical objects in feeds (at all levels) that it has to be done in a wildely different way.
We're trying to create a mechanism for embedding graphics, and in some cases the graphic has special meaning. Then let's of course assert that special meaning, but not by creating several completely different mechanisms for embedding graphics in Atom feeds!
While entries may well have images of various kinds attached to them (cat
pictures, anyone?), the individual entries don't get branded with their own logo/badge, do they?
If they do, that's none of our (or at least my) business. If people want icons for their entries, let them have it. If aggregator writers want to add support for bookmarking individual entries (it makes sense, doesn't it?), it would be a lot easier to find these entries later on if they had some kind of icon attached to them. That icon could of course be the same as the feed's, but it could also be something completely different.
The point is that if we have a general way of embedding graphical objects in Atom feeds, we don't need to differ between feed- and entry-level graphics. We only need to define some types of graphical objects that have special meaning so they can be treated specially by aggregators. One such graphical object is «icon». It is an embedded graphical object, but it's supposed to be shown in a special place in the aggregator.
Hmmm... maybe I'll rename it to atom:logo ... would that help?
If the renamed element can be used to embed all sorts of graphical objects in both feeds and entries; yes. :)
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