--- In rss-public@yahoogroups.com, "Randy Morin" <randy@...> wrote:
> Occording to the RSS spec, RSS extensions are elements, not
> attributes.
I'm guessing that you're basing this on the following section of the
spec ...
"RSS 2.0 adds that capability, following a simple rule. A RSS feed may
contain elements not described on this page, only if those elements
are defined in a namespace."
Unless the Namespaces in XML 1.0 specification requires otherwise, you
have a pretty strong argument that elements defined in the RSS 2.0
specification MUST NOT be extended with attributes from a namespace.
There's a thread that's just started in the Atom syntax WG on the subject of bidirectional content in Atom feeds. It seems they're currently proposing an ...
Using the unicode controls are likely the only reliable mechanism. If bidi in RSS is required, use UTF-8 and insert RLE's and RLO's as appropriate. - James...
At this point, I think we should simply document the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm. Does anybody have any other experiences working with bidirectional...
... http://www.w3.org/International/articles/inline-bidi-markup/Overview.he.php * once you have scanned the page, click on "English" in the top left * once you...
... The unicode direction formatting codes only deal with part of the problem. They tell the text renderer in what order to process a string of characters. ...
Question. This isn't a problem with description, which can contain escaped HTML and the dir attribute (as Sam points out), but is a problem with title, which...
Yeah, I know, but for the plain text elements in RSS there really isn't another option without introducing a dir attribute or some extension element or just...
Just use HTML for everything is likely a problem considering that most RSS client/publishers work otherwise. So, I would go with option #1, add dir where...
... Permit me to rephrase the question then. Are namespaced qualified attributes on core RSS 2.0 elements permitted, discouraged, or disallowed by the Profile...
This is open for debate. IMHO. The spec, on the other hand, if read literally, is clear on the matter. Thanks, Randy Charles Morin http://www.kbcafe.com/rss...
... I'm guessing that you're basing this on the following section of the spec ... "RSS 2.0 adds that capability, following a simple rule. A RSS feed may ...
... This would be ideal, but unfortunately there are a lot of feeds that still consider the description element to be plain text (as in RSS 0.9x). Take a look...
... For the most part elements like title aren't a problem since they don't typically wrap over multiple lines. Any bidirectional issues can theoretically be...
... The difference is that HTML has had the ability to do some kind of right justification for years now. Support for HTML content in RSS is relatively recent...
... Interestingly enough, someone is already doing this in the wild. This is an RSS 0.91 feed using a dir attribute on title and description elements: ...
Just to reiterate a comment I made over on the Atom list, I'm definitely in favor of this but I'm not sure the lro and rlo values are really necessary. Can we...
... I can't think of any scenarios where a dir attribute is absolutely necessary except on description elements either. I expect everything else could quite ...
(cross posted to the atom-syntax list) ... Ok, I can understand the argument and although I can't imagine any real world use cases, I can see how the lro and...
... I considered that, but if we can't use an attribute I think I'd rather not have anything at all. I'd recommend feed producers use HTML dir attributes in...
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