On 8/21/05, Paul Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 3:35 PM -0700 8/21/05, James M Snell wrote: > >IMHO, it depends entirely on how the extension is defined. The > >various extensions I have put together (e.g. comments, expires, > >etc), the metadata can be placed on the feed/source level but is > >only relevant on the entry level (same model as <author />).
4.1.1 "The 'atom:feed' element is the document (i.e., top-level) element of an Atom Feed Document, acting as a container for metadata and data associated with the feed." 4.2.1 "The 'atom:author' element is a Person construct that indicates the author of the entry or feed." > One > >could easily imagine, however, that other extensions would apply > >only on the feed level. It's entirely up to the extension and > >implementors should make no assumptions. > > The crux of the question is: what happens when an extension that does > not specify the scope appears at the feed level? I'm not sure why this question is interesting. What sort of application would need to know? Robert Sayre
