Antone Roundy wrote:
Here's a final option--is it legal? Is it better or worse than (a) in
any ways?
(d)
<link rel="enclosure" type="audio/mpeg" href="http://example.com/
file.mp3">
<link rel="alternate" type="application/ogg" href="http://
example2.com/file.ogg" />
</link>
I'm not completely sure yet, but I'm quite partial to this approach.
My only suggestion would be using rel="enclosure" on the inner links rather
than "alternate". There will be some Atom processors [1] that won't be able
to tell the difference between an inner link and an outer link. If they're
both marked as enclosures it won't really matter (you lose the benefits, but
no worse than normal). However, interpreting the inner link as an
"alternate" to the atom entry could be bad.
If you combine this with the requirement that an inner link with the same
type and hreflang as the outer link must be bit-for-bit identical, we could
cover the other use-case of multiple download sources. So far, no new
elements or attributes necessary. Not sure about the legality.
Regards
James
[1] http://philringnalda.com/blog/2005/06/ms_embraces_rss.php
