On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 10:22:10AM +1100, Alexander Johannesen wrote:
> Section 4, para 3 ('The Atom Protocol only covers...') talks about
> entry and media resources, [...] Member Resources, Collection
> Resources, Collections, and a Collection's Member Resources [...]
> what a service document *is*.
All these terms are defined in Section 3, Terminology.
> Section 5.4.2 was ... umm, rather sparse, which is strange given the
> complexity of the subject. Is the actual mechanism for updating
> handled in some other document (none were hinted at) or technology not
> mentioned (XUpdate and friends)? Or is it assumed that every update
> always posts a full item (where deleted info is taken out, and treated
> as deleted)? If so, you need to say so.
According to Section 4.1 the server can do whatever it wants. I expect
that most servers will treat the PUT entry as the whole thing (replacing
ids and edit links, of course).
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