A. Pagaltzis wrote:
* James M Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-08-04 21:15]:
Personally, however, I think that the elegance and simplicity
of in-reply-to and replies link rel values trumps defining them
as elements in a separate namespace or an otherwise perfectly
engineered solution. As for specifying the source of the
resource being replied to, a namespace extension inside the
link element is probably the best way to go.
I consider it stupid blunder to have proposed using atom:link for
this, not elegant and simple.
;-) Let's hear what you really think ;-)
<thr:in-reply-to src="http://example.com/atom";>urn:foo:1</thr:in-reply-to>
which makes this a Structured instead of a Simple Extension
Element, but then maybe that was unavoidable anyway.
Of course, conscientous producers will drop in a
<link rel="related" href="http://example.com/atom"; />
for good measure, so it’s verbose anyway.
ok.. ok.. I can take a hint ;-) ... according to my wife it only takes
about a couple dozen beatings to get me to think straight and listen so
I think we're making progress here ...
How does this work for you?
<thr:in-reply-to id="urn:foo:1" type="application/atom+xml"
src="http://www.example.com/atom"; />
With a definition of:
inReplyToNonDereferenceable = element thr:in-reply-to {
attribute id { atomUri },
attribute type { atomMediaType }?,
attribute src { atomUri }?
}
inReplyToDereferenceable = element thr:in-reply-to {
attribute href { atomUri },
attribute type { atomMediaType }?,
}
This seems to tie in everything we've been discussing to this point. In
the NonDereferenceableForm, @id is used to express an opaque
identifier. @src MAY be used to specify a dereferenceable location
where the resource identified by @id might be found. In the
Dereferenceable form, @href is used to specify a location.
Used in context, it would look like:
<feed>
<link rel="replies" href="http://www.example.com/atom"; />
...
<entry>
...
<thread:in-reply-to id="tag:example.com,2005:1"
type="application/atom+xml" src="http://www.example.com/myotheratomfeed"; />
<thread:in-reply-to href="http://www.example.com/entries/1";
type="application/atom+xml" />
<link rel="related" href="http://www.example.com/myotheratomfeed"; />
<link rel="related" href="http://www.example.com/entries/1"; />
</entry>
</feed>
Does this work or do I need to be taken out and flogged again?
- James
