Re: Atom entries for change events of resources (looking for appropriate link relation)

Erik Mogensen <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jan 2014 00:35:22 +0100
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On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Jan Algermissen <
[email protected]> wrote:

>  [...]
> What I am looking for is a link relation that is a good fit for linking
> from the entry to the changed resources. I am thinking
>
> - about: <link rel="about" href="/employees/7628827272"/>
> - via: <link rel="via" href="/employees/7628827272"/>
> [...]
>
About stands out as a clear winner IMHO.

"Employee 12345"... is the subject of ..."this change event"

FWIW, Mark Nottingham's awesome cache channels draft[1] from 2007 used the
alternate link relation (top of page 7):

   Entries in the feed represent events, in reverse-chronological order.
   The atom:link element(s) with the "alternate" relation determines the
   URI(s) that an event is applicable to.



[1]:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-nottingham-http-cache-channels-01#page-7

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