--- In rss-dev@y..., Chris Croome <chris@w...> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Sat 07-Sep-2002 at 05:36:16PM -0000, p2psmoke wrote:
> >
> > Still, you'll get pushback, would need to have specific, tangible
> > reason for having container (i.e. necessary for backwards
> > compatibility).
>
> The reason for the container (the Items element) is to enable the
> item's to be ordered from a RDF point of view.
>
> Chris

Chris, I know where you're coming from and I've tested this one in
public and it just don't fly. The response is "Well, we all know the
order of the items".

The only way all RSS views are going to merge is by each stripping
down to a nubbin and negotiating each item. To be honest, though it
would be more 'proper' to have the container, it isn't _necessary_ to
still have RDF within a simplified RSS view. And the traditional view
of container is the one major sticking point of all others leading to
push back.

Now, there was also a backwards compatibility issue with this wasn't
there? That changes things.

Shelley