Fwd: PaceEntryMediatype

2006-12-08 Thread Bob Wyman
On 12/5/06, James M Snell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Baker wrote: It's just an entry without a feed. You'd use the same code path to process that entry whether it were found in an entry or feed document, right? Not necessarily... The majority of applications that most frequently handle Atom

Re: Fwd: PaceEntryMediatype

2006-12-08 Thread James M Snell
I'm fine with the type parameter approach so long as it is effective. By effective I mean: Will existing implementations actually take the time to update their behavior to properly handle the optional type parameter. - James Bob Wyman wrote: [snip] James suggests: the type parameter is

Re: Fwd: PaceEntryMediatype

2006-12-08 Thread James M Snell
Bob Wyman wrote: [snip] What you seem to be implying is that the majority of applications that process Atom Feed documents are not, in fact, supporting extremely important parts of the atom specification. I believe that any properly [snip] Not quite. What I'm implying is that not all

Re: PaceEntryMediatype

2006-12-08 Thread Jan Algermissen
On Dec 8, 2006, at 6:49 PM, James M Snell wrote: Not quite. What I'm implying is that not all applications have the need to implement the entire specification. At this point it would be a really good idea to be clear about the original intention of the specification and then propably

Re: PaceEntryMediatype

2006-12-08 Thread Asbjørn Ulsberg
On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:42:40 +0100, Jan Algermissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But that is an issue of linking semantics, not link target media types. Wrong. The link relation 'alternate' is perfectly valid for both Entry and Feed documents, depending on what type of resource they are

Re: Fwd: PaceEntryMediatype

2006-12-08 Thread Asbjørn Ulsberg
On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:52:05 +0100, James M Snell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm fine with the type parameter approach so long as it is effective. By effective I mean: Will existing implementations actually take the time to update their behavior to properly handle the optional type parameter.

Re: PaceEntryMediatype

2006-12-08 Thread Mark Baker
On 12/8/06, Asbjørn Ulsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:42:40 +0100, Jan Algermissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But that is an issue of linking semantics, not link target media types. Wrong. The link relation 'alternate' is perfectly valid for both Entry and Feed