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 -- -mogsie-