On Nov 24, 2006, at 10:28, Thomas Broyer wrote:

My main problem with autodiscovery is this use case: the following
links on an "entry page" in a blog-like scenario, where comments on
the entry are shown at the bottom of the page:
<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml"
   title="A standalone Atom Entry alternate representation, might
even be updatable using HTTP PUT" />
...
1. the first one should not be seen as a "feed" link;

That ship sailed long ago. For backwards compatibility, UAs will treat links like the one quoted above as feed autodiscovery links-- not as standalone APP editing links. It is too late to apply elegance retroactively.

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Henri Sivonen
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