On 5/16/05, Bill de h�ra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Sayre wrote: > > On 5/16/05, Bill de h�ra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>>I can think of a couple things. One would be collisions (which Sam > >>>mentioned). > >> > >>I don't understand- maybe I'm looking at the wrong post? > >> > >>http://www.imc.org/atom-syntax/mail-archive/msg15236.html > > > > > > Sam is saying that the IETF can't add a new element to the Atom > > namespace and be sure there would be no collision. > > I still don't understand. Can't the IETF read their own specs?
The spec allows anyone to add stuff to the Atom namespace, so the IETF will have to read everyone's documents before they add something to the Atom namespace. Maybe you folks are implying that collisions just aren't a problem. > Can validators catch typos or not? You seem to be saying they can't, but > they did catch you adding an attribute called url. > > I'm honestly not getting the gist of this issue, sorry. If anyone can add unqualified attributes, how can the validator distinguish between a typo and an extension? Robert Sayre
