[CC'ing atom-syntax] 2006/2/1, David Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Wednesday, February 1, 2006, 6:21:12 AM, James M Snell wrote: > > > Entries in an Atom feed can share the same atom:id but their > > atom:updated values should be different. > > To be precise, it is "Entries in an Atom Feed Document" not "Entries > in an Atom feed". > > I really really dislike that rule, and don't understand how it was > ever accepted, and personally I would be tempted to ignore it.
IIRC, it was to allow a feed listing "revisions" of the same entry: same id, different "updated" values. -- Thomas Broyer