> -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Sewe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:37 AM > To: Atom Publishing Protocol > Cc: Atom Syntax > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Approval of Atom LinkRelations Attribute > Value Registrations] > > > Regarding the following four link relations there seem to be some > inconsistencies with (or maybe only within) the APP 0.7 draft (but > hopefully the editors of 0.8 have caught those already ;-): > > > Attribute Value: previous > > Attribute Value: next > > Attribute Value: first > > Attribute Value: last > > In section 9.1 of draft-ietf-atompub-protocol-07 it is first > stated that > an '[..] Atom feed document MAY contain link elements with "rel" > attribute values of "next", "previous", "start" and "end" > [...]'. There > is a mismatch between the last two values and the ones proposed for > registration: "first" and "last". > > Two paragraphs further down section 9.1 starts using "prev" > throughout > -- instead of "previous", as proposed to the IANA. > > These inconsistencies should be resolved, IMHO, ideally by > using "prev", > "next", "start", and "end", since at least the first three > values mimic > their functionally similar HTML counterparts. And APP should > follow the > rule of least astonishment here.
There's one minor problem with the suggestion above: the IESG just approved the registration requests for "previous", "first", and "last" that were supposedly discussed and agreed-to within the working group. That decision can be revisited, but if you all decide to make a change the IESG will have to remove or otherwise obsolete the just-approved values. You'll then need to go through the approval process again. -Scott-
