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Re: PaceEntryMediatype


On 12/7/06, Jan Algermissen <algermissen1971@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Ok, that is IMO heading in the right direction. This example makes sense
because it strongly emphasizes a difference between feeds and entries,
saying feeds are for viewing collections and entries are more or less for
editing web resources (if we include the media resource case).

If the Atom specs never considered feed readers to be dealing with individual
entries  anyhow (at least that is the impression I get by now) then having
a new media type does indeed make sense.


Adding an optional parameter that indicated an entry or
a feed would be a more elegant solution:

  application/atom+xml;type=entry
  application/atom+xml;type=feed



Question to Atom editors and others involved with the specs: What was the intention
behind having entry documents in Atom in the first place?


Having entries as documents on their own was critical
for the Atom Publishing Protocol, where you GET/PUT/POST/DELETE
Entry Documents in the course of updating a collection.

 -joe

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