If we call this an error, I'll propose a change to the spec to allow extension attribute. Please try and be civil instead of trying to create an issue. This is...
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Sam Ruby
sa3ruby
Oct 4, 2006 1:43 am
... From a coding perspective, the difference between coding a check for a warning and coding a check for an error is inconsequential. I'll hold off for a few...
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Rogers Cadenhead
rcade
Oct 4, 2006 1:38 am
On 10/3/06, Randy Morin <randy@...> wrote: "This is exactly what I was afraid of. Please treat these as warnings, not errors. The schema attribute is...
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Randy Morin
randymorin
Oct 4, 2006 1:18 am
This is exactly what I was afraid of. Please treat these as warnings, not errors. The schema attribute is harmless. Thanks, Randy Charles Morin ...
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Sam Ruby
sa3ruby
Oct 4, 2006 1:05 am
... Cool. I'll look into implementing this with the Feed Validator, with the standard caveat that if the profile changes, I'll remove this restriction....
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rcade
Oct 3, 2006 10:00 pm
... Thanks. I went ahead and fixed that without a revision upgrade: "The elements defined in the RSS 2.0 specification must not be extended by attributes...
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Sam Ruby
sa3ruby
Oct 3, 2006 9:46 pm
... One small niggle... that paragraph uses the word specification three times; the making the antecedent for the third reference unclear. - Sam Ruby...
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rcade
Oct 3, 2006 9:17 pm
I updated the RSS profile to reflect the spec's rule against extending core RSS elements with attributes in a namespace. The Introduction section now includes...
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Randy Morin
randymorin
Oct 3, 2006 7:47 pm
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...
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rcade
Oct 3, 2006 7:34 pm
... 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 ...
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Sam Ruby
sa3ruby
Oct 3, 2006 7:30 pm
... Permit me to rephrase the question then. Are namespaced qualified attributes on core RSS 2.0 elements permitted, discouraged, or disallowed by the Profile...
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Randy Morin
randymorin
Oct 3, 2006 6:59 pm
I'm taking the 5th of that one ;-)...
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Sam Ruby
sa3ruby
Oct 3, 2006 6:41 pm
... At the moment, the feed validator does not enforce this restriction. Should it? - Sam Ruby...
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James M Snell
jasnellspace
Oct 3, 2006 5:02 pm
Anglocentric, yes, but this assumption is in-line with the (X)HTML dir attribute which defaults to "ltr". - James...
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James Holderness
james_holder...
Oct 3, 2006 4:48 pm
... 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...
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Randy Morin
randymorin
Oct 3, 2006 4:14 pm
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...
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James Holderness
james_holder...
Oct 3, 2006 3:53 pm
... 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...
... 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...
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James M Snell
jasnellspace
Oct 3, 2006 3:40 pm
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...
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Randy Morin
randymorin
Oct 3, 2006 3:32 pm
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...
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James Holderness
james_holder...
Oct 3, 2006 3:25 pm
... 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. ...
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Randy Morin
randymorin
Oct 3, 2006 3:17 pm
At this point, I think we should simply document the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm. Does anybody have any other experiences working with bidirectional...
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Sam Ruby
sa3ruby
Oct 3, 2006 2:59 pm
... In description and content:encoded, one can also use the dir attribute provided by HTML [1]. - Sam Ruby [1]...
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James M Snell
jasnellspace
Oct 3, 2006 2:45 pm
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...
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James Holderness
james_holder...
Oct 3, 2006 1:51 pm
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 ...
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James Holderness
james_holder...
Oct 3, 2006 1:05 pm
... Duh. Thanks. I had actually noticed that but it never occured to me to take it literally. I think I need a vacation. Regards James...
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A. Pagaltzis
a22pag
Oct 3, 2006 12:43 pm
... Look closely at Randy’s mail; it has all the clues you need. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>...
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James Holderness
james_holder...
Oct 3, 2006 12:18 pm
... I've read various posts on this subject and I still can't figure out where the problem lies. Is this a bug in the blogging platform, a bug in the RSS ...
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Randy Charles Morin
randymorin
Oct 3, 2006 11:35 am
"There is a flaw in many blogging platforms, including WordPress, that would allow others to gain access to post and gain administrative privleges. Over the...
