Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-17 Thread A. Pagaltzis
Ugh, I was as clear as mud. * A. Pagaltzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-17 06:20]: > It would make more sense to me to say that a particular type of > @rel value always expects a dereferencable URI or never expects > on. “in-reply-to” would be in the latter category. > > I can see the value in h

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-16 Thread Eric Scheid
On 17/7/05 2:27 PM, "James M Snell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It would make more sense to me to say that a particular type of >> @rel value always expects a dereferencable URI or never expects >> on. ³in-reply-to² would be in the latter category. >> >> >> > +1. Atom 1.0 does not require

License extension (was Re: More while we're waiting discussion)

2005-07-16 Thread James M Snell
A significant part of my brain is screaming at me that the most logical way to associate a license with an entry/feed is to use a link element. After all, we are linking the entry/feed with an external resource (the license) that is identifiable via URI. For instance, if I ommitted the vari

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-16 Thread James M Snell
A. Pagaltzis wrote: * Eric Scheid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-13 17:35]: could we have @href and then also @idref ... then when we mean to provide a dereferenceable uri we can put it in @href, and when we want to provide an ID reference we can put it in @idref. We can even put both into a

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-16 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Eric Scheid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-13 17:35]: > could we have @href and then also @idref ... then when we mean > to provide a dereferenceable uri we can put it in @href, and > when we want to provide an ID reference we can put it in > @idref. We can even put both into a link, and if the @h

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-16 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Eric Scheid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-13 17:35]: > Quick poll: how many feed readers let the user read the current > feed document without first requiring them to subscribe. That > is, present the content, along with a button "subscribe to > future updates". I’ve not seen any dedicated feed

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-13 Thread Eric Scheid
On 13/7/05 5:17 PM, "A. Pagaltzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I should clarify that I defer this to the particular relationship > type. In an atom:[EMAIL PROTECTED]'alternate'], I do absolutely expect > the @href to be dereferencable. What I don¹t see any reason for > is to mandate that @href m

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-13 Thread Eric Scheid
On 13/7/05 4:25 PM, "A. Pagaltzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > True, but this doesn¹t detract from my argument that we need to > be able to signify a tighter relationship than just ³related.² An > aggregator might want to offer different UI for comment feeds, in > contrast to merely ³related² fe

Comment feeds (was Re: More while we're waiting discussion)

2005-07-13 Thread Antone Roundy
On Wednesday, July 13, 2005, at 12:25 AM, A. Pagaltzis wrote: Another might be that the aggregator asks the user on subscription whether he/she also wants to poll the comment feed, There's an implementation detail that should be pointed out, in case it might influence the language ultimately

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-13 Thread Antone Roundy
On Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at 07:23 PM, A. Pagaltzis wrote: I think what we want to say is that “aggregators consuming this feed should consider automatically subscribing to the referenced feed as well,” Automating feed subscriptions isn't something that should be done too lightly[1]. The

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-13 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* David Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-13 08:45]: > Because the content of atom:link is undefined, there is a risk > that some implementations, particularly Atom server > implementations accepting entries from a publishing client, > might just drop the contents of the element. We had a discu

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-13 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* A. Pagaltzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-13 08:11]: > Obviously, my own vote is that it’s fine as is: I see no reason > that dictates that atom:link must point to a concrete Web > resource, rather than just an abstract one – neither > conceptually/semantically nor in terms of consequences for >

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-13 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* James M Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-13 06:40]: > >Maybe “companion?” I don’t know if I like that term, but it’s > >the best single-word description I can think of off the top of > >my head. >> > I think we could just as easily attach the "you really should > auto-subscribe" semantic to @r

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread David Powell
Tuesday, July 12, 2005, 12:29:58 AM, James M Snell wrote: > The third is a non-RDF adaptation of the Creative Commons RSS 1.0 Module > that uses the Atom link element and provides a machine readable license > for entries and feeds. It is described @ > http://www.snellspace.com/wp/?p=184. >

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Antone Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-13 07:05]: > Automating feed subscriptions isn't something that should be > done too lightly[1]. The default behavior for an aggregator > should be NOT to do this, and aggregators should give the user > the opportunity to control this feature on a f

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Antone Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-13 04:20]: > If atom:link is intended to be dereferencable, then clearly, > any solution that takes a value from atom:id and puts it into > atom:link/@href has a strike against it since any feed that > uses non-dereferencable atom:ids would either have

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread James M Snell
Antone Roundy wrote: On Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at 07:23 PM, A. Pagaltzis wrote: I think what we want to say is that “aggregators consuming this feed should consider automatically subscribing to the referenced feed as well,” Automating feed subscriptions isn't something that should be do

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread James M Snell
A. Pagaltzis wrote: @rel="related-feed" ??? A bit more specific than "related", the nature of the relation is left unspecified. User agents can choose to handle in whatever way they wish. That doesn’t seem to confer more meaning than you can already express by [EMAIL PROTECTED]'related

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread Antone Roundy
On Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at 06:21 PM, A. Pagaltzis wrote: * Thomas Broyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-13 00:00]: As an atom:id is an identifier that might (should?) not be "dereferenceable", atom:link is not a good choice. There is nothing in the spec that forbids atom:link That should be

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* James M Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-13 02:55]: > A. Pagaltzis wrote: > > >Hmm. That’s a nice thought that hadn’t occured to me. Thinking > >about it, that would offer a way to solve a lot of the mess > >that currently plagues the Trackback/Pingback mechanisms. You > >could just ping the

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread James M Snell
Roger B. wrote: James: Given that this kind of thing is pretty near-n-dear to me, I'm quite interested. A couple observations and/or thoughts: (1) I like this much, much better than the proposed ThreadsML mess of years past. Simple is good. Absolutely. (2) Implementation might be a hard

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread James M Snell
A. Pagaltzis wrote: Hmm. That’s a nice thought that hadn’t occured to me. Thinking about it, that would offer a way to solve a lot of the mess that currently plagues the Trackback/Pingback mechanisms. You could just ping the target weblog with a pointer to the feed which contains the entry you

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* James M Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-12 23:20]: > 1. Comments can either be included directly within the feed or in a > separate feed. > 2. Comment entries are distinguished by a link @rel="in-reply-to" > @href="{$original-entry/atom:id}" > 3. Comment feeds may be indicated using a link

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread Roger B.
James: Given that this kind of thing is pretty near-n-dear to me, I'm quite interested. A couple observations and/or thoughts: (1) I like this much, much better than the proposed ThreadsML mess of years past. Simple is good. (2) Implementation might be a hard sell, so don't get your hopes too hi

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread Thomas Broyer
James M Snell wrote: Ok, distilled from this conversation... 1. Comments can either be included directly within the feed or in a separate feed. 2. Comment entries are distinguished by a link @rel="in-reply-to" @href="{$original-entry/atom:id}" As an atom:id is an identifier that might (sh

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread James M Snell
Ok, distilled from this conversation... 1. Comments can either be included directly within the feed or in a separate feed. 2. Comment entries are distinguished by a link @rel="in-reply-to" @href="{$original-entry/atom:id}" 3. Comment feeds may be indicated using a link @rel="comments" @href="

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* James M Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-12 21:55]: > What you describe is actually the way we currently integrate > comments into feeds in the internal IBM blogging > infrastructure: Entries and Comments are integrated into a > single feed. Great to know that there’s precedent for this as w

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Antone Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-12 21:25]: > If you're already creating an extension link type, why not > throw in an additional attribute too to help with that: > > http://example.org/commentfeed";> > > href="http://example.com/commentsfeed.xml"; /> > > > > Then

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread James M Snell
Great thoughts... exactly the kind of feedback I was looking for. What you describe is actually the way we currently integrate comments into feeds in the internal IBM blogging infrastructure: Entries and Comments are integrated into a single feed. Currently there is no way of associating (w

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread Antone Roundy
On Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at 12:42 PM, A. Pagaltzis wrote: * James M Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-12 02:00]: The second extension is a comments link type that allows an entry to be associated with a separate feed containing comments. […] href="http://example.com/commen

Re: More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-12 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* James M Snell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-12 02:00]: > The second extension is a comments link type that allows an > entry to be associated with a separate feed containing > comments. […] > > > > http://example.com/commentsfeed.xml"; /> > > What I don’t like about th

More while we're waiting discussion

2005-07-11 Thread James M Snell
While we're waiting for more feedback on the format spec, I've been stewing over a number of extension ideas whatcha think? The first is rather simple. It defines an expires element that can be applied to a feed or an entry. I have described the basics @ http://www.snellspace.com/wp/?p