Mark Baker wrote:
> [snip]
> Isn't that just a case of people not implementing the whole spec
> though? FWIW, if that practice is widespread, then I think the group
> should consider deprecating entry documents. Minting a new media type
> won't help.
>
The interesting question is *why* haven't those applications implemented
support for Entry Documents. My guess is that Entry documents aren't
particularly interesting to their use cases which is likely because they
serve a different purpose.
Entry documents serve an extremely useful purpose in the Atom Publishing
Protocol. They serve a significantly less useful purpose for your
typical feed reader. That doesn't make them worthy of deprecation; it
just means entry documents are different than feed documents.
> Or, are there applications which only process entry documents and not
> feed documents?
>
Wrong question. APP clients process both entry documents and feed
documents but do so for entirely different reasons than feed readers.
- James
