On 1 Feb 2005, at 3:10 am, Martin Duerst wrote:
1) switch sections 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 to make clear that comparison of IDs is the most important operation.
Yes.
This makes it clear that we are talking about "here is how you do it", rather than "here's one way to do it".
We might be treading on toes making that assertion.
4) Add a sentence saying something like "Feeds or Entries are identical if their IDs compare identical.". Seems obvious, but isn't stated anywhere.
No. Feeds/entries with the same id are different versions or instances of a common ancestor. They are not "the same".
5) Add a note saying something like "Comparison functions provided by many URI classes/implementations make additional assumptions about equality that are not true for Identity Constructs. Atom processors therefore should use simple string functions for comparing Identity Constructs." I think such a note could be a good balance to the normalization advice.
Yes, though I don't like that wording.
Graham
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