Bob Wyman wrote:
However, atom requires that a link element have a mime-type. Given that we have no idea what the mime-type for the URI is, what mime-type should we use?
It type attributes are optional in the current draft.
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-atompub-format-05.txt
4.6.3 The "type" Attribute
Link elements MAY have a type attribute, whose value MUST conform to the syntax of a MIME media type [RFC2045].
This was changed in Format-03 as a result of the following:
http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/PaceLinkAttrDefaults
(Note: there is a typo in abstract, should be "make the TYPE attribute optional)
- Sam Ruby
