Stan, that's the key question.

For Scripting News you can assume:

1. Every <outline> has a "created" attribute.

2. They are unique.

Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Krute" <Stan@...>
To: <opml-dev@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 12:52 PM
Subject: [opml-dev] Re: Progress with Scripting News in OPML


> > every
> > element in the OPML version now has a "created" attribute.
> >
> > This means that every item is now identifiable, even if it changes, and
> > should make new kinds of distribution possible.
>
> Three questions:
>
> [1] Must all 'created' values within a given OPML be unique ??
>
> [2] If the answer to [1] is 'no', is the value of the 'text'
> attribute used as a secondary identification key ??
>
> [3] If an <outline> element does not possess a 'created' attrib,
> does it default to the 'created' value of the nearest ancestor
possessing
> a 'created' attrib, or is 'created' just undefined for that
> <outline> element ??
>
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