link element alternate and self

[Sylvain Hellegouarch <sh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

From RFC4287:
The value "alternate" signifies that the IRI in the value of the href 
attribute identifies an alternate version of the resource described by 
the containing element.
The value "self" signifies that the IRI in the value of the href 
attribute identifies a resource equivalent to the containing element.


Now I wonder say I have a feed. Each entry has a link element which 
should indicate the URI of the resource. That resource being a feed 
itself not an entry.

In that case should I use self or alternate? Is it an equivalent 
resource or an alternate version of it? The term "equivalent" being 
fairly unclear in this context IMO. I assume instead of "alternate 
version" it should have been "alternate representation" right?


What's the best practices?

Thanks,
- Sylvain