On 3 Apr 2005, at 8:06 pm, Joe Gregorio wrote:
I agree with Sam, +1 to the required <link>. The argument that you can't have an HTML representation are weak, since *I* can generate one for your feed, whether you like it or not, ala:
http://www.rss2html.com/
I can also generate an XSLT sheet that transforms Atom into HTML then use the W3C XLST service to transform an Atom feed into HTML:
http://www.w3.org/2001/05/xslt
Now the generated HTML may not be optimal but I hope this shows that barrier to generating an HTML 'alternate' is not onerous, and that the link should remain a MUST.
So do you have an argument here as to why it should be required? All I'm seeing is that it's easy to workaround when the publisher omits it.
Graham Parks
