Saturday, June 18, 2005, 1:40:52 PM, Sam Ruby wrote:
>> Can somebody give me a link to where we discussed the requirement that >> atom:content MUST NOT contain a composite type? I've tried searching my >> archive but I couldn't find anything at all. The change was introduced >> in draft-08. >> >> I can't agree that this is a mere spec bug until I can find where it >> was discussed, and what the intent for this ban was. >> >> I don't really see why we are banning these MIME types from either >> local or remote content. > http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/PaceReformedContent3 Thanks, but is that really the same discussion? That proposal was incorporated into draft-03. The prohibition of "composite types" wasn't introduced until draft-08. One of the main effects of PaceReformedContent3 was banning the Atom-0.3-style "multipart/alternative" envelope that allowed multiple <content> elements to be embedded. Fair enough - but I don't see how this is related to the prohibition of message/* and multipart/*? Was this a heavy-handed attempt to prevent people from using Atom 0.3- style alternatives in Atom 1.0, perhaps? -- Dave
