Sjoerd Visscher wrote: > > Why not support hyperlinks too? > > So besides: > > <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Main Atom > feed" href="/xml/index.atom"> > > also: > > <a rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" > href="/xml/index.atom">Main Atom feed</a> > > Most webpages already have a hyperlink to the feed, so they'd only > need to add two attributes. It would be a waste to have to duplicate > the information in the document head. > The intent of the head element is to indicate a feed that serves as a substitute for the page you're currently viewing.
This other case is locating all feeds linked to from a page. For that, the type attribute should be sufficient to indicate that you're linking to a feed. -Nikolas 'Atrus' Coukouma -Nikolas 'Atrus' Coukouma
