Wednesday, May 18, 2005, 1:16:15 PM, Roger B wrote:

>> There was opposition to atom:modified because we couldn't see a need for it.
>> Now we have a need for it.

> Eric: That most definitely wasn't the core reason for opposition, to
> my recollection.

I just checked the PaceDateModified thread, and Eric's recollection
seems correct. I couldn't see a single objection on the basis of
software support.

> It was opposed because it can't be reliably produced
> by existing systems, among other things. (See the wiki for a survey of
> tools and the dates they support.)

Am I looking at the same page? BlogToolDateSurvey shows atom:modified
as having widespread support. Support for atom:updated isn't shown,
but I would bet on it being a lot scarcer than atom:modified.

-- 
Dave

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