Re: Are enclosures downloaded or linked?

The point to be made is that which suggests the pages which RSS Board 
has published SHOULD BE modified to inform persons of that which we 
know to be a fact; that is some aggregators will download the 
enclosure when the feed is subscribed to and others may simply use 
the URL to provide a link which may be used to load the enclosure in 
a media player after subscription at some time later when the feed 
may be read.

Doing so provides clear meaning to those turning to the work of the 
board seeking clarification. Editing managers for example may have 
knowledge of their markets which preclude the need to enclose 
extraordinarily large files when a smaller file may be more useful 
given that managing editors fully informed awareness of the 
circumstances.

Secondly, I personally consider the link to Dave Winer's explanation 
old, outdated and pragmatically useless not to mention its content 
being written so long ago it is now inconsistent with contemporary 
usage.

Are these comments sound?

<%= Clinton Gallagher

--- In [email protected], "Randy Morin" <randy@...> wrote:
>
> 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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