Re: atom:updated not editable by the client?

[Eric Scheid <eric.scheid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 14/7/05 2:43 AM, "Bill de hÓra" <bill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Surely that is an error.
> 
> Not neccessarily. Depends on whether updated means the time the client
> said it updated the content, or the time the server actually updated the
> content. How to decide that comes down to whether one thinks the entity
> called "publisher" is closer to the server or the client - atom format
> isn't specific to say one way or another for sure.

Forget client, forget server. Think "user".

The atom format spec is pretty clear that the "publisher" (whatever/whoever
that is) makes a *discretionary* choice of whether the update is
"significant" or not. Machines can't make that choice.

I get your point as to which machine is to generate the timestamp though ...
so maybe what is some control element to signal this update is
"significant", same as we want something to signal whether this entry is
"draft" or not.

e.