On 5/22/05, Paul Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 2:11 AM -0400 5/21/05, Bob Wyman wrote: > >Tim Bray directs the editors to insert the following words: > > "If multiple atom:entry elements with the same atom:id value appear in > > an Atom Feed document, they describe the same entry and Atom Processors > > MUST treat them as such." > > > > It is a long standing and valued tradition in the IETF that > >Standards Track RFC's MUST NOT impose constraints on applications unless > >such constraints relate to issues of interoperability. Thus, while it is > >entirely appropriate for the specification to state that "multiple > >atom:entry elements with the same atom:id ... describe the same entry" it is > >NOT appropriate to state how Atom Processors must treat such elements. The > >text should read simply: > > > >"If multiple atom:entry elements with the same atom:id value appear in > > an Atom Feed document, they describe the same entry." > > +1. I can live with Tim's original wording because the phrase that > Bob removes is impossible to measure or enforce, but Bob's wording is > cleaner for the same result.
+1. Bob wording is better. Robert Sayre
