* Paul Hoffman wrote: >You can't compare an IRI with a non-IRI. So, if you are handed an >non-IRI (as in, an IRI-looking string that has whitespace around it), >should you fail immediately or try harder? I propose trying harder, >but I am open to "just fail".
Well, if we expect that many content providers will consider the content model of atom:id elements to be "IRI with optional surrounding white space" then we define the content model accordingly. Hardcoding "We know many people will ignore this, but the content model is 'IRI *without* optional sourrounding white space'" doesn't make any sense. Of course, content providers would pay more attention to the requirement if Atom implementations must not (and in practise will not) provide the content of feeds or entries with such a non-conforming atom:id to users, so that might indeed be an option too, though I'm not sure how likely it is that implementers follow such a requirement. -- Björn Höhrmann · mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de Weinh. Str. 22 · Telefon: +49(0)621/4309674 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de 68309 Mannheim · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http://www.websitedev.de/
