I think we need to have high standards for approval, otherwise much of it could be automated. On the other hand, "perfection" may not be necessary. If I saw a feed where the *only* problem was a warning about the image and channel links not matching, I would probably approve it. However, if that same feed had other minor problems, the combination of them all might be enough to mark it for repair.
Although less formal, the way I review feeds is somewhat like the content filtering feature found in recent versions of the Pegasus email client. In that, various factors are given different weights that move a message closer to being marked as spam, and there is a breakpoint at which the cumulative weights earn the spam designation. The term "mortgage" alone might earn a score of 10, but that and "refinance" and "homeowner" together might push it past the breakpoint of 50. "Viagra" immediately goes past that breakpoint. So how does this relate to Syndic8 reviewing? Well, a mild warning from the validator, by itself, wouldn't reach the breakpoint of marking a feed for repair, but the "cumulative score" of that warning plus other minor issues could be sufficient. Other conditions -- such as validation errors, significant warnings (e.g., wrong MIME type), incorrect language tags, a server that times out regularly -- immediately go past the breakpoint and get marked for repair. In the end, reviewing for approval is a human process, which is valuable but also implies variability. Each reviewer is going to see things a bit differently, and any given reviewer may see things differently from one day to the next, or may learn more which leads to reviewing things differently. (For example, when I started reviewing, I didn't realize the significant problems that can be caused by an incorrect MIME type, which can really break a feed for some consuming agents.) Also, if you find yourself looking at a feed and you don't see the drop-down for changing the status, edit the URL to append &Mode=appr at the end and submit that -- the drop-down should then appear. Hope this helps! :) -- Stuart Whitmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.just-stuart.com/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/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/
