Re: Are enclosures downloaded or linked?

The purpose of an enclosure is defined in the original spec to be
prefetching, meaning downloading.


On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Clinton Gallagher
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Roger Cadenhead fixed my subscription up (thank you) as I have asked the
>  following which I present again edited for clarity:
>
>  Would it be pertinent to indicate how the enclosure actually functions since
>  its defining property is a URL which is an actionable element? That is, some
>  aggregators download the enclosure when a person subscribes to the Web feed
>  and other aggregators simply link to the enclsoure where it may be
>  downloaded or launched by a media player when the link is clicked.
>
>
>  The RSS Advisory Board should consider further clarification in this context
>  which I would find helpful.
>
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