On 5/21/05, Bob Wyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Sayre wrote: > > What does atom:id have to do with temporal ordering? > Absolutely nothing. > Atom:id is used to identify sets of entry instances which, according > to the Atom specification, should be considered "the same entry". Sets > composed of instances of "the same entry" can then be divided into subsets > that share a common atom:updated value. After such a division into subsets, > some of the subsets may contain multiple elements which cannot be temporally > ordered given the current Atom spec draft. atom:modified provides a means to > temporally order the elements of sets which contain multiple elements that > share common atom:id and atom:updated values. > I believe this was communicated when I wrote: > > "Atom should support atom:modified to permit the temporal-ordering of > members of sets that share the same atom:id and atom:updated values."
No, that's not what you communicated. How can I temporally order atom entries with different IDs but the same atom:updated value? atom:id and atom:modified are completely unrelated. I don't know what the problem is, but the answer is atom:modified! Robert Sayre
