Re: Interpreting the Profile

"Randy Morin" <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:12:10 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.network.syndication.rss.support
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Sam,
You ask several times "is this something that the board can come to 
consensus on?" We already did.
Thanks,

Randy

--- In [email protected], Sam Ruby <rubys@...> wrote:
>
> Randy kindly provides some answers to some of the questions I 
raised:
> 
>      http://www.therssweblog.com/?guid=20071111122717
> 
> I'm copying the questions and answers here, as I'm mostly 
interested in 
> finding out if these answers are something the board can come to a 
> consensus on.
> 
> Here goes:
> 
>      * 4.1 - Should warnings be issued when version="0.91" or
>              version="0.92" is encountered?
> 
>        "Yes, in fact, it should issue a warning whenever the version
>        is not 2.0, this includes any remaining 0.93 and 0.94s."
> 
>        Follow up: is this something the board can come to consensus
>        on?  In particular, are there any known problems with 0.91?
>        0.92?  0.93?  0.94?
> 
>      * 4.1.1.4 - If read one way, this statement implies that all
>                  category values should have a slash in it. If read
>                  any other way, this statement is meaningless.
> 
>        "I don't understand the confusion."
> 
>        Follow up: in Randy's feed, I see an item with a category of
>        "rss".  Is this a slash delimited value?  Put another way,
>        can anybody come up with an example of a category which
>        is *NOT* a slash delimited value?  If not, what does this
>        recommendation mean?
> 
>      * 4.1.1.7 - Should the feed validator recommend this?
> 
>        "Sure, why not?"
> 
>        Again, is this something that the board can come to consensus
>        on?  Are there any known problems with other values?
> 
>      * 4.1.1.20.2 - Same issue as in section 4.1.1.4
> 
>        "Same response."
> 
>        Fair enough.
> 
>      * 5.1.1 - To help seed this discussion, is it the intent of 
this
>                requirement to make the following suggested 
replacements?
> 
>        "Both dc:publisher, dc:source can be used for unique purpose 
and
>        can be funky. Warnings here may or may not be helpful."
> 
>        Hmmm.  Not it is my turn to not understand.  Let's make it 
simple:
> 
>        Should a warning be issued for admin:generatorAgent ?
>        Should a warning be issued for dc:date ?
>        Should a warning be issued for dc:language ?
>        Should a warning be issued for dc:publisher ?
>        Should a warning be issued for dc:rights ?
>        Should a warning be issued for dc:source ?
>        Should a warning be issued for dc:subject ?
>        Should a warning be issued for dcterms:modified ?
> 
> - Sam Ruby
>




 
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