Re: Re: feedvalidator.org turned into a biased and untrustworthy resource

rcade wrote:
> 
> As Sam said, the two issues are warnings, not errors.
> 
> I run into the "unknown namespace" warning on my own feeds, because I
> use a personal namespace in some blog software I've coded. I've never
> heard from a reader of my feeds who has a concern about the warning.

Me too, and me neither:

http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fintertwingly.net%2Fblog%2Fcomments.atom

> The atom:link warning is reflective of the decision to use the RSS
> Profile's recommendations in the Feed Validator. I think that's a good
> policy, because the profile and validator compliment each other.

This is not about standing together.  If the RSS Advisory board choses 
not to defend the choices made in constructing the profile, over time 
these messages will be dropped.

For now, it stands.  Not merely because it is in a profile.  But because 
the recommendation not only is accompanied by rationale, and furthermore 
because this rationale has been evaluated and accepted by the likes of 
FeedBurner and WordPress.  (FeedBurner prior to the publication of the 
profile, WordPress subsequent to the publication, and IIRC, as a direct 
result of the profile)

> In this case, you're well-versed in the issues involved with unknown
> namespaces, atom:link and RSS validation. So none of the warnings
> could have thrown you for a loop personally. Are you upset because
> users are complaining?

- Sam Ruby


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