Re: RSS : a "namespace" in itself ?

--- In [email protected], "James Holderness" <j4_james@...>
wrote:
> I think we can possibly lessen that breakage by choosing a namespace
URI 
> that is already in use in the wild, so there's some chance that feed
readers 
> will already support it. The one that I've seen most often is: 
> http://backend.userland.com/rss2

I look forward to seeing the results of your test, but since that URI
was used to define a namespace for RSS 2.0, won't that be received as
an encouragement to do exactly that?

Also, that URI lacks a trailing slash, and it's not under our control,
so we can't educate anyone who requests it in a browser on the proper
and improper use of namespace declarations in RSS.

We've had good success thus far in directing implementers to proper
use, through the spec, profile and the work with the Feed Validator
crew. The spec is clear on the lack of a namespace in RSS.



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