Re: issue: setting atom:updated

[Joe Gregorio <joe.gregorio@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:18:52 -0500, Robert Sayre <mint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Do clients get to set atom:updated on PUT or POST? Wouldn't that throw
> off sync operations? Can clients set atom:id? If you've done the bare
> minimum background research, 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

> you might recognize this issue as the
> distinction between 'live' and 'dead' properties.

This is covered in section 3.6.

http://bitworking.org/projects/atom/draft-ietf-atompub-protocol-02.html#rfc.section.3.6.1

The coverage of the topic may be inadequate in that section. Oddly enough
you have argued to remove that section entirely. Maybe proposing some 
new/added verbage would be a more productive use of your, and my, time.

http://www.imc.org/atom-protocol/mail-archive/msg00579.html

   -joe

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