* Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-04-03 04:30]: > Every version of RSS has required this link. I've *never* > heard anybody complain about this in the context of any version > of RSS. It puzzles the bejeebers out of me why this issue is > only brought up in the context of Atom.
My guess is that itâs because Atom actually tries to define a content model that allows more than just title, link, description. Multiple links and payloads with different semantics each are supported and, if thatâs what appropriate for a particular case, encouraged. So I think itâs no wonder that people are seeing Atom as a transport for things they might have either not done with RSS, or inclued fudged links for. Examples that suggest a need for MAY certainly exist: I have one. I run a scraped feed[1] for the Slackware news, where the content from a single web page is scraped divided into multiple separate entries. [1] http://plasmasturm.org/feeds/ These donât appear individually on pages of their own, so it would be most logical to omit the alternate representation link entirely. An alternate representation MUST be given, however, so I use the same link as an for each entry as I use for the feed itself. Cruft. Regards, -- Aristotle âIf you can't laugh at yourself, you don't take life seriously enough.â
