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DontSyndicate Pace revised




I revised the DontSyndicate Pace in response to Graham's point that the attribute isn't just to prevent syndication, it's to prevent the entry appearing at the top level of the publication as well as the syndication feed. So the <atom:entry> attribute is now called top-level="true|false".


I would point out that as far as I can tell:

(a) the existing type="multipart/alternative" does not provide good support for the common use case of a logically-multipart entry
(b) we currently have no other proposal to prevent anything that gets sent to the API in an <atom:entry> from showing up in the syndication feed or front page of the site


This proposal provides support for posting logically-multipart entries that is more or less, I think, the Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work.

People who don't like it ought to propose an alternative fully-worked-out proposal that explains:
(a) how the different pieces can refer to each other
(b) how certain pieces are prevented from showing up at the top level or in the syndication feed


Alternatively, a good idea is to suggest changes to the DontSyndicate proposal, including specific language.

-Tim