Re: Re: RSS Profile Comments

"James Holderness" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.syndication.rss.support
Message-ID <BAY141-DAV129A8F4614BD617F196947BEAF0__10231.992256786$1191371266$gmane$org@phx.gbl>
rcade wrote:
> > 6. |enclosure| should probably state that @type and @length exist for
> > informative purposes only, and must not be treated as the
> > authoritative MIME type and file length.
>
> I don't see anything in the spec, or in Dave Winer's use-case document
> for enclosure, that says these things. Are you suggesting them as a
> requirement or a recommendation?

I believe Geoffrey is correct. The RSS spec may not say anything about it, 
but the W3C TAG does. See http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/mime-respect

I don't think it's necessarily vital for the first version of the profile, 
but I would agree that it's a good recommendation.

Regards
James



 
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