Re: How to encode comments in a hierarchical manner?

Yes, it looks like "thr:in-reply-to" should do the trick, both for 
original comments and for comments on comments.

--- In [email protected], James M Snell <jasnell@...> wrote:
>
> Unless I am missing the point, the Atom Threading Extension (RFC 
4685) 
> can be used to accomplish this. While designed for use with Atom, 
> there's no reason that it cannot be used with RSS.
> 
> - James
> 
> scamden wrote:
> >
> > Unless I'm missing something, I don't think that either 
wfw:comment or
> > wfw:commentRss answer grishick's original question. He wants a way 
to
> > embed comments within the feed, and provide linkages from child to
> > parent comment when threaded.
> >
> > When I migrated my blogging platform, I was disappointed with the 
lack
> > of any specification for embedding comments directly in a feed, so 
I
> > extended RSS with my own namespace to include that. At the time,
> > though, I didn't have threaded comments, so I didn't include that 
in
> > my grammar. It seems like a completely unanswered question (unless
> > I'm failing to see a big elephant in the room).
> >
> > --- In [email protected] 
> > <mailto:rss-public%40yahoogroups.com>, Gregory Solovyev 
<grishick@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Randy, looks like wfw:commentRss addresses this need:
> > http://wellformedweb.org/news/wfw_namespace_elements/ 
> > <http://wellformedweb.org/news/wfw_namespace_elements/>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: Randy Morin <randy@>
> > > To: [email protected] <mailto:rss-
public%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 9:30:49 PM
> > > Subject: [rss-public] Re: How to encode comments in a 
hierarchical
> > manner?
> > >
> > >
> > > The most common implementation of what you are looking for is
> > Comment
> > > API
> > > http://www.google. com/search? q=+site:wellform edweb.org+
> > comment+api
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Randy
> > > http://www.thersswe blog.com
> > >
> > > --- In rss-public@yahoogro ups.com, "grishick" <grishick@ .> 
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Many blog platforms allow to post a comment as a response to
> > another
> > > > comment. Is there a way to encode the hierarchy of responses 
in
> > RSS?
> > > > From what I can see RSS2 only has <comments> element that 
points
> > to a
> > > > page with comments. But it seems to be useful to have a 
<comment>
> > > > element with the ability to include another <comment> element
> > within a
> > > > comment element, or to be able to include a reference to the
> > parent
> > > > <comment> element.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
>




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