RE: General purpose synchronization using Atompub

["Brian Smith" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dare Obasanjo wrote:
> If you are interested in AtomPub for synchronization then you 
> should take a look at http://dev.live.com/feedsync/spec/v1.htm

I found some issues with implementing FeedSync in an AtomPub server that
FeedSync impractical:

1. FeedSync only specifies is only for server-to-server synchronization, not
client-server synchronization. See [1].

2. Additionally and FeedSync doesn't define a means of efficiently
synchronizing binary content (what we would normally use atom:content/@src
to link to). See [1] again.

3. The way that FeedSync deals with entry identity is at odds with the way
Atom and AtomPub handle it. See [2].

[1]
http://discussms.hosting.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-MSD.exe?A2=ind0805A&L=FEED-TEC
H&T=0&F=&S=&P=5122 

[2]
http://discussms.hosting.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-MSD.exe?A2=ind0805A&L=FEED-TEC
H&T=0&F=&S=&P=4596


Regards,
Brian