Re: Extensions at the feed level (Was: Re: geolocation in atom:author?)

[Paul Hoffman <phoffman@xxxxxxx>]

At 3:35 PM -0700 8/21/05, James M Snell wrote:
> IMHO, it depends entirely on how the extension is defined.  The 
> various extensions I have put together (e.g. comments, expires, 
> etc), the metadata can be placed on the feed/source level but is 
> only relevant on the entry level (same model as <author />).  One 
> could easily imagine, however, that other extensions would apply 
> only on the feed level.  It's entirely up to the extension and 
> implementors should make no assumptions.

The crux of the question is: what happens when an extension that does 
not specify the scope appears at the feed level?

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