Re: Feeds MUST have alternate links?

[Mark Pilgrim <pilgrim@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:48:20 +0200, Asbjørn Ulsberg
<asbjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:37:40 -0400, Sam Ruby <rubys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > Let me point out that the channel link element is required in every
> > version of RSS from 0.91 to 1.0 to 2.0.
> 
> ....Which is exactly why I (and others I know of) can't use RSS for many of
> the purposes I'd like, but instead hope to be able to use Atom in those
> areas.

If you're looking for a syndication format that's even looser and has
even fewer required elements than RSS, you're in the wrong place.

> Many Atom entries and feeds won't have alternate, human readable
> (typically HTML) alternatives.

If by "many" you mean "vanishingly few", then yes.  Otherwise, no.

-- 
Cheers,
-Mark