Re: Re: Interpreting the Profile

Randy Morin wrote:
> We didn't deprecate, but we definately recommended the version
> attribute be 2.0. The language is pretty clear IMHO.

The text in the profile says:

  A feed that conforms to the RSS specification must contain
  a version attribute with the value "2.0".

I read that as a simple restatement of the RSS 2.0 spec text which says:

  At the top level, a RSS document is a <rss> element, with a
  mandatory attribute called version, that specifies the version
  of RSS that the document conforms to. If it conforms to this
  specification, the version attribute must be 2.0.

In other word, if you're creating an RSS 2.0 feed, the value of version 
attribute should be "2.0".

If you're creating something else (like say an RSS 1.0 feed, or an RSS 0.92 
feed), then the profile doesn't apply. IMHO.

Now an argument could be made that the board should be deprecating certain 
older version of RSS, but that's something that should be decided 
separately. Personally I don't think it's a good idea, but it's certainly 
worth discussing.

Regards
James



 
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