Re: inheritance issues (was: Author and contributor)

2005-05-25 Thread Thomas Broyer
A. Pagaltzis wrote: > * Thomas Broyer [2005-05-24 15:15]: >> A. Pagaltzis wrote: >> > * Thomas Broyer [2005-05-24 09:05]: >> >> c) >> >> feed: >> >> author: A >> >> contributor: B >> >> entry: >> >> contributor: C >> [...] >> >> c) The entry inherits the author but overrides the >> >>

Re: inheritance issues (was: Author and contributor)

2005-05-24 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Thomas Broyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-24 15:15]: > A. Pagaltzis wrote: > > * Thomas Broyer [2005-05-24 09:05]: > >> c) > >> feed: > >> author: A > >> contributor: B > >> entry: > >> contributor: C > [...] > >> c) The entry inherits the author but overrides the > >>contributor.

Re: inheritance issues (was: Author and contributor)

2005-05-24 Thread Thomas Broyer
A. Pagaltzis wrote: > * Thomas Broyer [2005-05-24 09:05]: >> c) >> feed: >> author: A >> contributor: B >> entry: >> contributor: C [...] >> c) The entry inherits the author but overrides the contributor. I'm >>also open to considering it invalid. [...] > The rule you propose for co

Re: inheritance issues (was: Author and contributor)

2005-05-24 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Thomas Broyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-24 09:05]: > a) > feed: > author: A > contributor: B > entry: > no author not contributor > > b) > feed: > author: A > contributor: B > entry: > author: C > > c) > feed: > author: A > contributor: B > entry: > contributor

Re: inheritance issues (was: Author and contributor)

2005-05-24 Thread Thomas Broyer
A. Pagaltzis wrote: > > * Eric Scheid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-24 01:40]: >> Consider too a feed which has both authors and contributors at >> the feed level, an entry with neither authors or contributors >> (simple case of inheritance), and another entry with a single >> author and no contri

Re: inheritance issues (was: Author and contributor)

2005-05-23 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Eric Scheid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-24 01:40]: > Consider too a feed which has both authors and contributors at > the feed level, an entry with neither authors or contributors > (simple case of inheritance), and another entry with a single > author and no contributors (does the entry inheri

Re: inheritance issues (was: Author and contributor)

2005-05-23 Thread Robert Sayre
"If an atom:entry is copied from one feed into another feed, then the source atom:feed's metadata (all child elements of atom:feed other than the atom:entry elements) MAY be preserved within the copied entry by adding an atom:source child element, if it is not already present in the entry, and inc

Re: inheritance issues (was: Author and contributor)

2005-05-23 Thread Eric Scheid
On 24/5/05 10:36 AM, "Robert Sayre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/23/05, Eric Scheid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 24/5/05 9:56 AM, "Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> (unrelated question: what's with this plus sign " & atomLink+" in the >>> atom:source production?) >>> >> well spotte

Re: inheritance issues (was: Author and contributor)

2005-05-23 Thread Robert Sayre
On 5/23/05, Eric Scheid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 24/5/05 9:56 AM, "Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (unrelated question: what's with this plus sign " & atomLink+" in the > > atom:source production?) > > > well spotted. That means "oneOrMore", while "*" means "zeroOrMore". "+" is accu

Re: inheritance issues (was: Author and contributor)

2005-05-23 Thread Eric Scheid
On 24/5/05 9:56 AM, "Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd say it draws from atom:source OR atom:feed. > You meant atom:source XOR atom:feed? > atom:feed should not be used if atom:source exists, even if it doesn't > contain an atom:author, which it SHOULD. > (well, it SHOULD, unless ato

Re: inheritance issues (was: Author and contributor)

2005-05-23 Thread Graham
On 24 May 2005, at 12:31 am, Eric Scheid wrote: Second area of concern with writing the spec text - the atom:source element needs to be mentioned in the text about inheritance. My understanding is that inheritance draws first from atom:source (if it exists), and then atom:feed. I'd say it

Re: inheritance issues (was: Author and contributor)

2005-05-23 Thread Eric Scheid
On 24/5/05 9:02 AM, "Thomas Broyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is mostly when there are author(s) without contributor in > the feed (resp. entry) and contributor(s) without author in the entry > (resp. feed). > Is the entry author-less (resp. contributor-less) or is it inheriting >