Re: Are enclosures downloaded or linked?

I think this is implementation details that can be determined by the 
aggregator developers.
MHO,

Randy
http://www.therssweblog.com

--- In [email protected], "James Holderness" <j4_james@...> 
wrote:
>
> The spec itself doesn't say that, but it links to a "use-case 
narrative" 
> that more or less says so (see 
http://www.thetwowayweb.com/payloadsforrss).
> 
> My interpretation is that an enclosure links to something that is 
probably 
> fairly large and that an RSS reader might potentially want to 
download in 
> advance. There's no requirement that an RSS reader MUST prefetch 
enclosures, 
> but it can definitely be advantageous to have that as an option.
> 
> Regards
> James
> 



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