RE: Draft-gregorio-atompub-multipart on the standards track?

["Brian Smith" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote:
> * Brian Smith <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2008-06-18 22:45]:
> > If people are happy to specify an Atom-specific mechanism then I am 
> > happy to implement the result no matter what form it takes.
> 
> I just don't see how using `multipart/related` is in any way 
> Atom-specific.

You just said previously that the mechanism only needs to work for
atom:content/@src. The feature requires one part to be an Atom entry. The
only defined way to advertise support for the feature is to document it in
an AtomPub service document. The behavior of the server is defined in terms
of AtomPub operations. AtomPub is a protocol for the manipulation of Atom
documents.

I think it is fair to say the proposed mechanism is "Atom-specific," and I
don't think anybody here associates any negative connotation with that term
since all the work done here is Atom-specific.

Regards,
Brian