At 11:48 PM -0800 2/3/05, James Snell wrote:
I agree with this so long as there is a core mechanism that allows a standalone entry to identify the feed to which it belongs. That mechanism does not have to be atom:head, but it does need to be part of the core.
What if an entry is part of many feeds? What if someone takes an entry and puts it into a new feed?
It seems like the WG has coalesced on the idea that entries can stand alone, and can also be combined into one or (many) more feeds. Any pointer from an entry to a feed would be almost instantly out-of-date, wouldn't it?
The outward pointer or pointer mechanism doesn't feel like part of the core of describing entries and how to create a feed of entries.
--Paul Hoffman, Director --Internet Mail Consortium
