> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Kearney [mailto:ml_yahoo@...]
> Sent: 06 November, 2004 20:37
> To: RSS2-Support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [RSS2-Support] Re: Relative URL:s
>
>
> > Can I use relative URL:s (relative to the RSS feed
> document) for the
> > link element? Does aggrevators support that?
>
> No, most aggregators don't support it and with good reason.
> It's always possible an item in a feed might get
> re-aggregator out to another feed. It becomes uneccesarily
> tedious for the aggregators invovled to "figure out"
> what the base portion of the URL "should be".

Actually, there is no "good reason" why aggregators should not
support relative URL's. It's not that difficult and the
argument given about re-aggregation is weak at best. An
aggregator should be able to detect an appropriate xml:base
attribute and construct an absolute URL from the relative URL.
If they pass the feed along, they can pass the appropriate
xml:base attribute or the absolute URL's they constructed.


Andy.