Bob Wyman wrote:
> Phil Ringnalda wrote:
>
>>Patches that will make that more clear are welcome.
>
> The warning message that Phil points to says in part: (at:
> http://feedvalidator.org/docs/warning/DuplicateUpdated.html)
>
> "For example, it would be generally inappropriate for a publishing
> system to apply the same timestamp to several entries which were
> published during the course of a single day."
>
> Of course, this leads one to wonder if it might be appropriate to apply the
> same timestamp to several entries if they were published during the course
> of multiple days...
>
> It would make a great deal more sense to say something like: "It would not
> be appropriate to apply the same timestamp to several entries unless they
> were published simultaneously."
As you might imagine, given the context of syndication, the Feed
Validator has the potential for being in the center of controversy. One
of the reasons why it has avoided being such is that I try to rely
directly on the wording from the spec whenever possible.
http://www.atomenabled.org/developers/syndication/atom-format-spec.php#rfc.section.3.3
- Sam Ruby
