Re:

[Martin Duerst]

(BAt 04:31 05/02/23, Bob Wyman wrote:
(B>At PubSub, we allow users to subscribe to RSS/Atom entries that contain 
(B>user-specified URIs. (Using a query like: URI:nytimes.com) Users of this 
(B>feature have often asked us to augment the entries we publish by attaching 
(B>the URIs we discover to the entries. The idea has been to make it easier 
(B>for people to build applications that exploit these links and to avoid 
(B>forcing clients to parse the full source entries.
(B>
(B>So, we$BCW(Be started adding these $BEM(Binks to URIs$BG
(Bto the entries we publish 
(B>on an experimental basis. In order to keep things as simple as possible, 
(B>what we$BCW(Be done is simply use the atom <link/> element. We$BCS(Be using rel=$BGM(B 
(B>ink$BG
(Bto indicate that this is just a random link of unknown purpose or 
(B>intent. However, atom requires that a link element have a mime-type. Given 
(B>that we have no idea what the mime-type for the URI is, what mime-type 
(B>should we use?
(B
(BAre you talking about the type attribute (as Sam and others have
(Bpointed out, that's no longer required) or the rel attribute.
(BThe text seems to indicate the former, the examples the later.
(B
(BPlease clarify.
(B
(BRegards,    Martin.
(B
(B
(B
(B>Some examples of links that we$BCW(Be published in the last few minutes follow:
(B>
(B><link rel="link" 
(B>href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/4286129.st"/>
(B><link rel="link" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/22/politics/22memo.html"/>
(B><link rel="link" 
(B>href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43009-2005Feb22.html"/>
(B><link rel="link" 
(B>href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/22/books/22thompson.html"/>
(B><link rel="link" href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0588766/"/>
(B><link rel="link" 
(B>href="http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~78~2723673,00.html"/>
(B>
(B>For an example feed that contains entries that link to the New York Times, see:
(B><http://atom.pubsub.com/32/6c/1bc36c085cdc9ecd23efa73a.xml>http://atom.pubsub.com/32/6c/1bc36c085cdc9ecd23efa73a.xml
(B>
(B>Is there a better $BES(Bel$BG
(Bvalue then $BEM(Bink$BG (B What mime-type should we be 
(B>using? Is there a better way to accomplish what we$BCS(Be doing?
(B>
(B>Your comments would be appreciated. If we$BCW(Be done something completely 
(B>insane here, please be gentle.
(B>
(B>                         bob wyman
(B>