Yahoo Groups produces invalid author elements in its RSS 2.0 feeds -- they aren't valid e-mail addresses. Though this is a minor error for most consumers of...
... Nor does it inspire confidence by bodging together a hack instead of working with the publisher to fix the feed source. To say nothing of the issues...
... I've approached a few people at Yahoo about the issue, but it hasn't gotten on their radar yet (or more likely, I haven't found the right person to ask). ...
Setting a good example comes to mind. If you want a feed produced from a tool then get that tool to do it right. Fight the good fight, not shortcut the...
The draft spec for RSS 2.0 has been updated: http://www.rssboard.org/rss-draft-1 Changes: 1. In item-description, changed "The description MUST be suitable for...
The definition of <author> fails to mention what format of email address to use. I assume it's a RFC 822 address, with the final comment after the address...
... The first choice of base should instead be the item's <link>, if it has one. That's because that URL is the web page on which the item content appears, so...
The description of <lastBuildDate> and <pubDate> is too vague to be useful, IMHO. In the former, the meaning of "updated" for the content is unspecified, and...
Since section 4.1.1.20.6 states that "A publisher SHOULD provide a guid with each item" (amen to that), I'd like to make this more visible by adding to the...
... Actually, in the great majority of feeds that I've seen, this element doesn't contain an email address at all. Usually it's just the author's name, either...
... However, RSS 2.0.9 is just meant to clear up the existing spec - not change it in anyway, so what is in common use is irrelevant. ... What I do is check if...
Jens, Great points in both of your posts. As per, link element is unnecessary when isPermaLink is false, I disagree. In a link feed, it's common to put a link...
In an under-the-hood article [1] on how Microsoft's RSS Engine handles enclosures in Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista, program manager Walter vonKoch...
... The problem with using the item link is that feedburner replaces it - any feedburner feeds using relative links are guaranteed to break. Using the channel...
Hello, ... How about then only using the URL in the <link> if the domain of the <link> is the same as that of the <channel>. See ya -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux,...
Charles Iliya Krempeaux
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AFAICT, enclosures can be anything [1][2]. But are aggregators actually expecting anything? My informal review of aggregators seems to indicate they're...
... Are you sure? I wasn't aware of this, and I took a look at one of the feeds I'm subscribed to via FeedBurner — 37signals' blog — and it doesn't have...
... Actually I said the opposite — the link element is unnecessary unless isPermalink=false. Or to avoid double negatives, the link element is unnecessary...
Sorry, my mistake. And I meant the opposite of what I said. As per, link element is unnecessary when isPermaLink is true, I disagree. In a link feed, it's...
I know of at least one aggregator that displays enclosed images inline once downloaded -- Egress for Windows Mobile. That said, the only feed I'm subscribed to...
... Heh. As usual, a small number of customers cause most of the support costs. ;) <http://www.burningdoor.com/eric/archives/001209.html> Guess which sorts of...
... Hmm. It might be more productive to specify which element consumers should prefer if they are looking for a link. I think the spec should instruct...
... How about instructing consumers to use the guid only if the attribute is explicitly set to "true", and encouraging producers to always include an explicit...
... Personally I'd rather just check for a fixed set of schemes (either blacklist things like tag and uuid. or whitelist things like http, https, ftp). A lack...
... You're right that the definition needs to be reviewed. I've always assumed that any e-mail address format is OK in RSS 2.0, but I need to reread the...
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