Hey Bill, I use Blogger myself. I would like to know if there is a way I can upgrade my Blog to Atom 1.0 myself, or do I have to wait until Blogger makes the change? See ya, J.
My Blog http://mcbsconsulting.blogspot.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Kearney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [syndic8] Feed Validator >> Can the results from Feedvalidator.org really be trusted? > > Yes. It's the only validator that's ever tried to remain unbiased AND > accurate. Using a term like "trust" is misplaced (at best). > >> First, they >> aren't validating Atom 0.3 feeds, so everybody that uses Blogger.com >> suddenly has an "invalid" feed until/unless Blogger updates to 1.0. > > This would have more to do with Blogger than the validator. The atom spec > is > moving to 1.0. The blogger site has not yet updated their software. > > This is a blogger issue and isn't unlike one they've had in the past. We > found it was best to apply subtle pressure to the blogger folks and > politely > ask them to update their software. It took a while but they got it sorted > out. I'd venture a guess the same thing would work best here. The > alternative, marking all the feeds 'bad', would probably end up causing > more > grief than necessary. > >> Also, I have notices recently a TON of feeds that don't "validate" and >> yet the Syndic8 website is able to poll the feeds just fine and >> display the recent headlines. > > Whether or not something polls doesn't necessarily mean it's valid. > >> If Syndic8 can read the feeds and users can successfully subscribe to >> the feeds, that what purposes or use does Feedvalidator serve? It >> doesn't seem like the results are trustworthy and I hate to reject a >> feed or mark it as need repair just based on information from Feed >> Validator. > > As I pointed out before, skip over the blogger feeds. We'll give 'em some > leeway until the blogger folks get their act together and upgrade the > servers to support atom 1.0. This may take a while. > > -Bill Kearney > Syndic8.com > > > > > If you're getting "too much mail" then send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (this will tell it to stop sending you mail) > > To change your membership use THIS WEB PAGE: > http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join > (here you can set your mail to digest, no mail or LEAVE the list) > > To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit > http://www.syndic8.com/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Put more honey in your pocket. (money matters made easy). http://us.click.yahoo.com/F9LvrA/dlQLAA/cosFAA/IRislB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you're getting "too much mail" then send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this will tell it to stop sending you mail) To change your membership use THIS WEB PAGE: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join (here you can set your mail to digest, no mail or LEAVE the list) To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
