Re: rel values

[Antone Roundy <antone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday, October 9, 2004, at 09:46  AM, Antone Roundy wrote:
> #6 in http://www.imc.org/atom-syntax/mail-archive/msg09857.html -- use 
> @atom:construct to identify what Atom Construct an extension element 
> follows the rules for.  For example,
>
> <myext:mylink atom:construct="link" href="..." title="..." />
>
> If <myext:mylink> becomes popular enough, @atom:construct could 
> eventually be dropped from it, since most aggregators would know it 
> was a Link Construct without the hint (and in fact, @atom:construct 
> could, and probably should, be optional from the beginning).
>
> Once again, if the idea isn't quickly trounced, I'll write a proposal, 
> so that we can have something concrete to discuss.

Okay, I had a spare minute, so I went ahead an wrote an indirectly 
competing proposal for the one I wrote yesterday without waiting to be 
trounced.

http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/PaceConstructAttribute

Here's the proposed spec text:

X.X.X. atom:construct attribute

This attribute MAY be used by extension elements to indicate that they 
follow the
rules defined in this specification for some type of Construct. The 
value of this
attribute MUST be one of "link", "date", or "person". The value MUST be 
lowercase.
Elements containing this attribute MUST include all of the attributes 
and child
content required by this specification for the named Construct type. 
They MUST NOT
contain additional attributes or child content which is required in 
order to
process the element in an acceptable manner.

Example: The following indicates that myext:mylink is a Link Construct, 
as defined
by this specification:

<myext:mylink atom:construct="link" rel="my-rel-value" 
href="http://myserver.com/"; />