Re: Question about link/uri in RSS 1.0
Ben Lund <B.Lund-F/0MNWz/[email protected]>
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Hi Paul,
Paul Dlug wrote:
>
> Does the URI (rdf:about attribute) of an item in RSS 1.0 have to match
> it's <link>? It seems to me that they shouldn't need to.
The spec says:
The rdf:about attribute "should be identical to the value of the <link>
sub-element of the <item> element, if possible." --
http://web.resource.org/rss/1.0/spec#s5.5
So, no, it doesn't _have_ to be...
> How do the readers treat this? Does the reader even consider the URI in
> marking items as read or storing them or just the link?
>
As far as i remember most readers should do the following:
* treat the rdf:about URI as the unique identifier for the item
* treat the <link> as the URI to take the user too.
So you should be fine.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
Ta,
Ben
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