I've just sent off Draft -11 of Feed Thread that incorporates the following updates per the feedback offered during the last-call discussions:
1. thr:when renamed to thr:updated. This is minor, I don't think it was necessary, but some folks seemed to prefer thr:updated over thr:when. 2. New thr:total entry extension for representing the total comment count. This is essentially a drop-in replacement for slash:comments, as suggested by Aristotle, and is explicitly defined not to interact with the thr:count attribute on replies links. 3. ref attribute is now required in thr:in-reply-to. If the parent resource does not have a unique identifier, it's IRI SHOULD be used. 4. Also on the in-reply-to element, ref MUST NOT be considered to be dereferenceable. href and source MUST be dereferenceable 5. The volatility of the thr:count, thr:when, and thr:total extensions is discussed. (e.g. they can change frequently and independently of the containing entry). 6. The authority/precision of the thr:count, thr:when and thr:total extensions is discussed (e.g. they may not be 100% accurate, but that's ok) 7. The fact that some implementations may not be able to fully utilize the extensions is discussed. 8. The security considerations have been expanded to highlight the possibility of distributed comment spam and potential repudiation issues. I believe this addresses all of the last call issues besides those raised by David Powell, which I'm not convinced need addressing at this point. The new draft will appear in a day or so. - James
