Hi,
I am developing a web app framework and am using a RSSesque xml format to allow
the application layer talk to a higher layer. XSL is used to combine this and
then passes it on up to the gui layer.
I would like to move to Atom instead of RSS since Atom seems to encapsulate more
things. I would like to be able to be fully atom compliant, and not just some
atomesque flavor.
Here is an issue I am having....
* Nested feeds and <link>
A bit back I posted about nested feeds. I took the advice given and made
separate sibling feed tags instead of having feeds of feeds. The problem comes
in connecting them at the XSL level. I can't use <link href="..."/> since the
xml i need to reference is not at a different location, but inside of a parent
node that holds all the sibling application feed nodes. In practice, this
parent node basically represents a content area on a webpage.
Is there an attribute to the LINK tag I can use as some sort of id that i can
assign to the feed tag and link to it via the link tag? I read the spec and
couldn't really find one.
Here is an example. Products and Products Options are two differnt feeds within
this parent tag.
<application_data>
<!-- feed for a specific product -->
<feed id="primary">
<entry>
<products_id>1</products_id>
<name>Atom Sweatshirt</name>
<!-- link to child application data for product options -->
<link id="567" />
</entry>
</feed>
<!-- feed for a specific product's options -->
<feed id="567">
<entry>
<options_id>1</options_id>
<name>small</name>
</entry>
<entry>
<options_id>2</options_id>
<name>medium</name>
</entry>
<entry>
<options_id>3</options_id>
<name>large</name>
</entry>
</feed>
</application_data>
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
Blaine
