Re: My take on shared feed lists
"Bill Kearney" <[email protected]>
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From: "Jeremy Zawodny" <[email protected]> > > Unless it's not clear what 'level' of the URL pathname at which it's > > to be found. Then you'd end up on fishing expeditions, blindly > > stabbing for files and possibly getting the wrong ones. > > What are these levels you speak of? If the idea of a static filename is promoted, where is it going to be found? http://somesite.hosted.example.com/users/jwz/weblog/default.xml http://somesite.hosted.example.com/users/jwz/default.xml http://somesite.hosted.example.com/users/default.xml http://somesite.hosted.example.com/default.xml If the idea of a static fallback file is promoted, in lieu of link tags, we end up with the very high likelihood of scripts running amok crawling up/down the URL hierarchy levels. Let's just nip that in the bud by not using a fixed fallback name at all. Now, will they troll the HTML pages looking for link tags? Sure, but serving up web pages isn't an issue sites have at this point. It also offers the chance to use things like referring page URLs or click-through links to get an idea of how the link was discovered. All of which have, time and again, been things people ask about. -Bill Kearney Syndic8.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/