I've found a RSS publisher whose network of sites extends the item element with two namespace attributes. I brought it up on the Feed Validator user's list: ...
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Hi, In browsing the Best Practices profile [1], I note that the definition of language in RSS is a bit stale. In particular, the profile implies that only ISO...
How about minor changes like recommending that multiple catigories on one item or channel be kept together? ... 1.0 ... was ... profile so ... likely to ... on...
I have been reading through the discussions on the Profile and it occurred to me that the concept of coding style would be appropriate to introduce somewhere....
A possible addition for a future profile. File names should probably not be greater than 31 characters in length for compatibility with OSes that don't allow...
Mac OS 9 (and earlier) had a 31 character limit, and is deprecated and no longer supported by it's maker. If we DO choose to add filename limits (which isn't...
This is a bad idea. The local software should be handling this. Best to leave it to the standard offered by the transport used to deliver it. Leave it to...
I agree. The feed consumer should be able to dovetail with whatever filename-shortening mechanism the host OS supports. ... Best to ... it. Leave ... ...
To be serious for a second, I think it might be a good idea to mention in the profile the issue Dave raises here. We don't actually have to recommend anything....
Nat Lanza recently wrote on Twitter, "Dear weblog authors: I pretty much never want to have to figure out *which* of your feeds to subscribe to. Pick a format...
... At the very least, it should be strongly recommended that if a feed is offered in multiple formats, the `title` attributes of all the autodiscovery links...
[Cross-posting between lists. Original thread: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rss-media/message/1105 ] ... Honestly, I don't know that there IS an...
Somewhere I've viewed an RSS (if I remember correctly RSS 2.0) file with single <category> tag but two categories separated with '+' sign. Something like this:...
It would be incorrect to interpret this as two categories. It's actually one category called "Music + Dreams". Two categories should be two category elements....
Yeah, I don't recall ever seeing a plus sign used as a separator, although I have seen it used as a replacement for space (e.g. "lord+of+the+rings"). ...
I just checked group settings and I'm getting individual mails rather than the digest. Anybody else? <%= Clinton Gallagher...
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Would it be pertinent to indicate how the enclosure actually functions since its defining property is a URL which is an actionable element, e.g. some ...
Are you saying we should add an attribute to enclosure to hint to the aggregator whether the enclosure should be downloaded or simply linked to? Randy ...
Roger Cadenhead fixed my subscription up (thank you) as I have asked the following which I present again edited for clarity: Would it be pertinent to indicate...
The purpose of an enclosure is defined in the original spec to be prefetching, meaning downloading. On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Clinton Gallagher...
The spec itself doesn't say that, but it links to a "use-case narrative" that more or less says so (see http://www.thetwowayweb.com/payloadsforrss). My...
I think this is implementation details that can be determined by the aggregator developers. MHO, Randy http://www.therssweblog.com ... narrative" ... ...
The point to be made is that which suggests the pages which RSS Board has published SHOULD BE modified to inform persons of that which we know to be a fact;...