On Tue, 24 May 2005, Eric Scheid wrote:

>
> On 24/5/05 4:14 AM, "Justin Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > As I understand it, the intention is that atom:author within atom:feed
> > applies to all child atom:entry elements; that is, the value is inherited.
> > This being the case I have a dilemma with a feed I would like to aggregate
> > from others.
>
> The intention has long been that. Text explaining that inheritance has
> slipped from the spec, and is currently up for discussion.
>
> > Is there a suitable place for identifying the feed's author without
> > affecting the entries themselves ? Is the atom:feed/atom:author a suitable
> > place for this ?
>
> Yes. If you are copying the entries from another feed you could also look at
> the atom:source element.

Ah yes; quite correct and quite clearly stated in the draft. Thanks for
pointing that out, sorry for redundant question :-)

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