On 11/4/07, Julian Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > -- > Julian Bond E&MSN: julian_bond at voidstar.com M: +44 (0)77 5907 2173 > Webmaster: http://www.ecademy.com/ T: +44 (0)192 0412 433 > Personal WebLog: http://www.voidstar.com/ skype:julian.bond?chat > *** Just Say No To DRM *** > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial Container Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-container?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
