RE: some minor 0.2 corrections

["Danny Ayers" <danny666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I've noticed some minor but important problems in 0.2, based on the
> maximal feed.
>
> <feed version="0.2" xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#";>
>
> For some wacky reason, under XML namespace rules the version attribute
> is actually in the unqualified namespace, not the default namespace. It
> either needs a prefix or be moved to an element to be valid. To be
> honest, I don't really see why we need it at all, so I suggest removing
> it (from the final version at least).

How do you suggest looking after versioning? Surely there are bound to be
changes, and changing the namespace would make for harder work.

> <generator name="Movable
> Type">http://www.movabletype./org/?v=2.64</generator>
>
> This hackneyed name attribute, url body system is inconsistent with our
> methods for author and contributor and such. I suggest it be changed to
> line up with them, so something like:
>
> <generator>
>      <name>Movable Type>
>      <url>http://www.movabletype.org/?v=2.64</url>
> </generator>

Why not :

<generator uri="http://www.movabletype.org/?v=2.64";>Movable Type</generator>

> (I took the liberty of correcting the URL also.)
>
> <content type="application/xhtml+xml" mode="xml" xml:lang="en-us">
>
> Again we have the attribute problem plus the additional concern of
> modes and such. I suggest reformulating it like so:
>
> <content>
>    <type>application/xhtml+xml</type>
>    <xml xml:lang="en-us"> [content goes here] </xml>
> </content>
>
> The <xml> element can be replaced with encoded, base64, or other
> namespaced elements providing an safe extension path to other modes.

Interesting, but I'd be tempted to drop the mode altogether (i.e. always
XML) and let the XML describe what's in it.

> These changes also have the side effect of making feeds valid RDF.

Not really - if feed, entry and content are considered resources (which
sounds reasonable), the striping fails :

<feed>
	<entry>
		<content/>
	</entry>
</feed>

There's a similar thing happening around author & contributor.
The root isn't <rdf:RDF> either.

Cheers,
Danny.