On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 11:25:12PM -0700, James M Snell wrote: > For example, suppose I build an application that depends on an Atom feed > containing binary content (e.g. a software update feed). I don't really > want aggregators pulling and indexing that feed and attempting to > display it within a traditional feed reader. What can I do?
I like the use case, but I don't see why you would want to disallow aggregators to pull the feed. Assuming it's not commercial (in which case the feed would require authorisation or something), wouldn't it make sense to have an aggregation feed that does software upgrade rollups across a range of products, eg: for feeding out to desktop machines in a corporation? The 'display within a feed reader' is more of an issue, but if you type your content right the reader won't do anything bad with it. After all, someone can still subscribe their reader directly to the feed. I don't think we need this (but I still like the use case :-). James -- /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ James Aylett xapian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] uncertaintydivision.org
