On 11/4/07, Julian Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> John Panzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 3 Nov 2007 15:40:45
> >My personal take is that there shouldn't be any problem in adding
> >additional optional fields using the defined Atom extension mechanisms,
> >though obviously you can't expect every container to honor them.
>
> And if you're a Container, you can't expect every Gadget to understand
> them.


Yes (following Atom format rules, gadgets should ignore what they don't
understand -- adding new fields should not result in gadgets breaking, they
just might not be able to use the data).

>  It
> >would be helpful to have a forum for discussing such extensions so that
> >no one reinvents the wheel, and I think that would be one good use of
> >this mailing list (and the API mailing list of course).
>
> In which case I'd recommend that everyone uses and expects the foaf and
> vcard namespaces.
>
> vcard http://www.w3.org/2001/vcard-rdf/3.0#
> foaf http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
>
> and probably
>
> geo http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos
> dc http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
>
> But only use these as well as elements from gd, not instead of.
>
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