Dave Johnson wrote:
On 6/20/06, Anil Gangolli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Actually, I'd prefer to be explicit about the format rather than to
default
it; defaulting makes the behavior site-specific and the client has to
know
what it is and it can change whenever the administrator decides to change
it.
Every feed parser and reader I've encountered does some form of feed
sniffing (HTTP HEAD or parser smarts) to determine the format and
parses whaever it finds, be it RSS 0.9X, 1.0, 2.0 or Atom.
I don't think the problem is with whether or not readers can handle the
feed if the format isn't specified in the url, I think it's more a
matter of good practice. I agree with Anil that the url should
explicitly define what format of feed it wants.
But I'll concede your point. If we have to be explicit, I guess I
prefer putting the format name in the URL then like Allen's #2 option.
/<weblog>/feed/entries/rss
/<weblog>/feed/entries/atom
/<weblog>/feed/comments/rss
/<weblog>/feed/comments/atom
This is fine with me as well.
-- Allen
- Dave
