On 5/2/06, James M Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Again, however, Feed Rank is not intended to compete with the simple list extensions. They serve different purposes. SLE defines a processing model for individual feed documents whose entries represent a sorted list; Feed Rank defines a way of assigning numeric rankings to entries to facilitate sorting and grouping.
I find this explanation most unconvincing. Near as I can tell, this spec serves an identical purpose, but it's much less flexible. In the Atom Syndication Format [RFC4287], the order of entries as presented in a feed is typically considered to be insignificant. This presents a challenge when the set of entries is intended to represent an ordered or ranked list. This document specifies an extension... Seems to me it's pretty darn similar. -- Robert Sayre
