On 20/1/06 7:57 AM, "James M Snell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> Here is a link to a resource:
>> 
>>     <link type="application/atom+xml" href="..." />
>> 
>> Please explain how a tool can decide whether that is a link to a <atom:feed>
>> document, or is a link to an <atom:entry> document?
>>  
> 
> This is a general limitation of the media type definition, not with the
> autodiscovery draft.  We have the same problem differentiating
> <atom:link type="application/atom+xml" href="..." />.  This isn't a
> problem that the autodiscovery draft needs to solve.  If it's a problem,
> solve it in the Atom format spec where the media type is defined.

Too late. It would have been nice to have "application/atomentry+xml"

Also, fixing it in the atom format spec doesn't fix the exact same problem
autodiscovery has with "application/rdf+xml".

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