Re: draft-ietf-atompub-protocol-11: How do I create a Media Entry from an Entry?

[James M Snell <jasnell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Lindsley Brett-ABL001 wrote:
> The system I am designing needs to create a Media Entry from an Entry.
> That is, I need to post an entry to a collection and have the collection
> create a media entry (I do not want the entry to be added to the
> collection as a member entry).
> 

One approach would be to post the entry using the application/xml
Content-Type rather than application/atom+xml... but that approach kinda
sucks.

Another would be to just go ahead and treat the posted
application/atom+xml as a media resource.  The specification does not
require that posting an entry document does not create a media entry.
The server has a significant amount of freedom in what it actually
creates.  It's a non-typical behavior, to be sure, but I think it's allowed.

- James