Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Sam Ruby
Robert Sayre wrote: On 4/28/05, Roger B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have an example? Robert: I'm an example. I also drop title-free feeds (see Scripting News)... given the nature of the app, a feed without titles or content is just worthless. That's fine, but we're not here to tailor the

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Robert Sayre
On 4/28/05, Tim Bray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And of course we're going to have to fish some sort of consensus out of this horrid summary-required mess. That shouldn't be hard. I don't think the WG has ever been more decisive. If PaceOptionalSummary received 10 negative opinions, I'm quite

Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Robert Sayre
On 4/28/05, Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert: why did you ask for an example? To find out about any technical issues, not to hear Roger repeat himself. Robert Sayre

Re: On SHOULD, MUST, and semantics

2005-04-28 Thread Bill de hÓra
Graham wrote: On 27 Apr 2005, at 10:31 pm, Robert Sayre wrote: My opinion is that ~10 WG members are currently clearly stating their belief that summary/content are optional. You should make clear that most of those people supported a misleading Pace that didn't clearly state its side-effects

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Bill de hÓra
Tim Bray wrote: And of course we're going to have to fish some sort of consensus out of this horrid summary-required mess. -Tim I can't agree with that observation. Although there are a few strenuous objections against title only feeds, on the balance consensus is for them. Is there something

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Graham
On 28 Apr 2005, at 10:48 am, Bill de hÓra wrote: Tim Bray wrote: And of course we're going to have to fish some sort of consensus out of this horrid summary-required mess. -Tim I can't agree with that observation. Although there are a few strenuous objections against title only feeds, on the

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Bill de hÓra
Graham wrote: On 28 Apr 2005, at 10:48 am, Bill de hÓra wrote: Tim Bray wrote: And of course we're going to have to fish some sort of consensus out of this horrid summary-required mess. -Tim I can't agree with that observation. Although there are a few strenuous objections against title only

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Graham
On 28 Apr 2005, at 11:34 am, Bill de hÓra wrote: I haven't seen any objections to title only feeds which you state is my and Sam's and other's position (we object to feeds that could have a summary included but don't). That last objection in parens sounds like some of the positions held around

Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Roger B.
Sorry, what was your point again? Eric: The point was that the *application* drops title- or content-free entries. It never inserts them into the database. They go poof. -- Roger Benningfield

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Sam Ruby
Graham wrote: On 28 Apr 2005, at 11:34 am, Bill de hÓra wrote: I haven't seen any objections to title only feeds which you state is my and Sam's and other's position (we object to feeds that could have a summary included but don't). That last objection in parens sounds like some of the positions

Re: Cleanup phase

2005-04-28 Thread Bill de hÓra
Sam Ruby wrote: This is not a theoretical discussion. Quoting from RSS 0.92[1]: * All sub-elements of item are optional * any 0.92 source is also a valid 2.0 source Is this really where we want to go? No, but please see my other mail replying to Graham on why I think PaceOptionalSummary does

Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Robert Sayre
On 4/28/05, Roger B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's fine, but we're not here to tailor the format to your app. Robert: Seriously, dude. C'mon. You're right, that was too snippy. But you asked a question, and I answered it. Honestly, straightforwardly, and without an weasel-words. I

PaceBriefExample posted

2005-04-28 Thread Robert Sayre
I'm obviously very down on normative language requiring a summary. I am open to non-normative language explaining the syndication medium as we see it today. I acknowledge that people who don't know what they're doing sometimes create unhappy users by providing title-only feeds. The examples,

Re: Last Call: 'The Atom Syndication Format' to Proposed Standard

2005-04-28 Thread Alexey Melnikov
The IESG wrote: The IESG has received a request from the Atom Publishing Format and Protocol WG to consider the following document: - 'The Atom Syndication Format ' draft-ietf-atompub-format-08.txt as a Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits

Re: PaceOptionalSummary

2005-04-28 Thread Henry Story
I'll +1 on MAY. On 27 Apr 2005, at 04:29, Robert Sayre wrote: On 4/26/05, Tim Bray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul I are gonna watch a little more debate and then we'll call rough consensus one way or the other, at which point I at least will become crushingly rude to anyone who wants to invest

Fwd: [rt.icann.org #2905] Last Call: 'The Atom Syndication Format' to Proposed Standard

2005-04-28 Thread Tim Bray
Unsurprising, but good news I'd say: From: Michelle Cotton via RT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: April 28, 2005 8:58:51 PM PDT To: iesg@ietf.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [rt.icann.org #2905] Last Call: 'The Atom Syndication Format' to Proposed Standard