On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 09:14 -0700, Mark Nottingham wrote: > > Archives *should not* change. I think any librarian will agree with > > that. > > I very much agree that this is the ideal that should be striven for.
> The underlying problem, I think, is that different feeds have > different semantics. I think that's the bottom line Mark. No matter what, people are going to do different things with 'history'. Trying to pin down how it should all work seems to increase the complexity by an order, never a good thing IMHO. How about, you want my history, you make of it what you will. I only guarantee its valid atom? At least that way, processing older feed material can develop based on a sound (and clearly understood) foundation. regards DaveP
